From Memory to Mastery: Accounting for Control in America, 1750-1880

From Memory to Mastery charts the development of commercial numeracy and accounting in America and the English-speaking Atlantic world between 1750 and 1880. Over this period, accounting evolved from a system of recordkeeping into a multifaceted instrument of control and analysis—from an aid to memo...

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Main Author: Rosenthal, Caitlin Clare
Other Authors: Beckert, Sven
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10277
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:10288471