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Accounting Representation And The Slave Trade: The Guide Du Commerce Of Gaignat De L'Aulnais, Cheryl S. Mcwatters, Yannick Lemarchand
Accounting Representation And The Slave Trade: The Guide Du Commerce Of Gaignat De L'Aulnais, Cheryl S. Mcwatters, Yannick Lemarchand
Accounting Historians Journal
The Guide du commerce occupies a distinctive place in the French-language literature on accounting. Passed over by most specialists in the history of maritime trade and the slave trade, the manual has never been the subject of a documented historical study. The apparent realism of the examples, the luxury of details and their precision, all bear witness to a deep concern to go beyond a simple apprenticeship in bookkeeping. Promoting itself essentially as un guide du commerce, the volume offers strategic examples for small local businesses, as well as for those engaged in international trade. Yet, the realism also demonstrated …