Mercantilism, account keeping and the periphery-core relationship

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The work Mercantilism, account keeping and the periphery-core relationship represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Mercantilism, account keeping and the periphery-core relationship

Statement of responsibility

edited by Cheryl Susan McWatters

Contributor

• McWatters, Cheryl S.

Editor

• McWatters, Cheryl S.

Subject

• Accounting
• Accounting -- History
• Economic history
• Mercantile system
• Mercantile system -- History

Language

eng

Summary

Mercantilism and accounting remain two dynamic and debated concepts in terms of definition and scope. This volume brings together the research of international scholars from a wide variety of disciplines - accounting, anthropology, native studies, economic geography, economic history and management - to reflect on alternative approaches to the study of these concepts. This book focuses particularly on how individuals across space and time negotiated and navigated systems of exchange and trade, especially when confronted with world views and cultural systems that conflicted with and disrupted perceptions of their own. Through this, the volume offers a helpful reinforcement to the view that the analysis of mercantilism must be more highly contextualised to time and place, along with deeper focus on the local actors involved. It is these local actors who negotiated, exchanged and navigated differing world views and who enable us to tease out the longer-run global economic and social processes and the impacts of these encounters.Complementing the growing interest in mercantilism, Indigenous studies and the relationships between colonists, traders and their counterparts in colonies and trading ports, this work provides a cross disciplinary examination of the subject area. Furthermore, it encourages a renewed interest in the use of archival documents and documentary sources in novel and innovative ways.--

Member of

• Perspectives in economic and social history

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Dewey number

330.15

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

• European Society for Medical Oncology Handbooks
• T&F EBS eBooks