Book review: Critical Histories of Accounting: Sinister Inscriptions in the Modern Era

Critical Histories of Accounting is comprised of 11 previously published articles with the stated aim of stimulating a new generation of researchers to look at the issues and potentialities of critical accounting history. The book is categorized broadly according to four themes which highlight that accounting, far from being a passive, technical tool, at the very least is embroiled in substantial ethical considerations and, at its worst, can be used by a minority of powerful interests to subjugate the majority, often with terrifying conseq