The History of Accounting (RLE Accounting)

The History of Accounting (RLE Accounting)
Author: Michael Chatfield
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1206
Release: 2014-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134675526

Global in scope, accounting has had its share of great thinkers and practitioners, from Luca Pacioloi, the father of accounting, to R. J. Chambers, W. W. Cooper, Yuji Ijiri, Stephen A. Zeff and other figures. This encyclopedia presents more than 400 entries that focus on such subjects as publications in the field, institutional bodies, accounting and economic concepts, accounting issues, authors in accounting, records, leaders in the profession, accounting in various countries, financial court cases, accounting exams and historical researchers.

The Birth of American Accountancy

The Birth of American Accountancy
Author: Peter L. McMickle
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2020-09-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000165949

This book, first published in 1988, brings together for the first time a comprehensive, analytical and annotated bibliography of all American Accounting Works up to 1820. The discussion extends, clarifies and corrects our knowledge of early American publications on accounting. All known printings are listed including many heretofore overlooked and hard-to-find accounting treatments. Each work is reviewed and many illustrations are provided including the title pages of the first printing of every item. The reviews represent the first modern analyses of these early accounting writings and the illustrations are often the first ever published.

Papers on Accounting History (RLE Accounting)

Papers on Accounting History (RLE Accounting)
Author: Robert H. Parker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013-12-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317964004

Written over a period of twenty years the papers included here reflect the changing circumstances around the study of accounting history.

Two Hundred Years of Accounting Research

Two Hundred Years of Accounting Research
Author: Richard Mattessich
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 630
Release: 2007-11-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1135980586

This is the first and only book to offer a comprehensive survey of accounting research on a broad international scale for the last two centuries. Its main emphasis is on accounting research in the English, German, Italian, French and Spanish language areas; it also contains chapters dealing with research in Finland, the Netherlands, Scand

The Auditor's Guide of 1869

The Auditor's Guide of 1869
Author: Peter L. McMickle
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2020-09-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000165930

In 1869 H.J. Mettenheimer wrote the Auditor’s Guide Being a Complete Exposition of Bookkeeper’s Frauds – the first book about auditing from the earliest period of American accountancy. The sole remaining copy was found to have been destroyed, leaving only a barely readable microfilmed photocopy. This book, first published in 1988, presents a restored Auditor’s Guide, finally available to historians of the early days of professional accountancy, together with the authors’ analysis of this important text.

A History of Accountancy in the United States

A History of Accountancy in the United States
Author: Gary John Previts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The only comprehensive chronicle of American accountancy from the colonial period to the present, this completely revised edition provides practicing accountants and professional accounting students with a thorough knowledge of the origins of their profession. Gary John Previts and Barbara Dubis Merino address the evolution of accounting in social, political, and economic terms and discuss the major figures in each historical period. They consider the development of accounting in all of its major institutional domains, including public practice, financial reporting, business management, government, and education.

Accounting in Scotland (RLE Accounting)

Accounting in Scotland (RLE Accounting)
Author: Janet E. Pryce-Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2014-01-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317962796

The first Scottish book on accounting was published in 1683. That book heralded a century during which Scotland established its reputation as a land of accountants: a steady stream of books subsequently appeared from Scottish presses. This bibliography contains over 330 location entries, including 32 non-UK libraries. Periodical articles as well books are included.