Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend to accounting and accounting texts the arguments of Phillips which … organisations to life. The paper also introduces the work of Bottin which argues that accounting manuals can be considered as source … specialised accounting manual, the Guide du Commerce of Gaignat de l'Aulnais. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to revisit the special issue of Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal … published in 1996 on the theme “Accounting history into the twenty-first century”, in order to identify and assess the impact of … the special issue in shaping developments in the accounting history literature, and to consider issues for future …