From moral evaluation to rationalization: Accounting and the shifting technologies of credit

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 737-761

  Jeacle, Ingrid ^a   Walsh, Eamonn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accounting control; Accounting history; Consumer credit; Controllers; Credit control; Department store; Foucault; Retail history; Retail management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036837363     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-3682(02)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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