Accounting History Books

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21. The Institute of Accounts

    By Stephen E. Loeb, Paul J. Miranti

    Series: Routledge New Works in Accounting History

    This book focuses upon the Institute of Accounts (IA), an organization to which the modern United States accounting profession can trace its roots. The IA was organized in the early 1880s in New York City and, as discussed in this book, attracted a diverse membership that included some of the...

    Published November 19th 2003 by Routledge
22. Professionalism and Accounting Rules

    By Brian P. West

    Series: Routledge New Works in Accounting History

    This book investigates the issues raised by the vast array of accounting standards and technical rules which have marked the recent history of accounting. It is argued that the accounting profession is beset by an inferior and incomplete notion of quality in its work which emphasises compliance...

    Published April 16th 2003 by Routledge
23. Accounting, Accountants and Accountability

    By Norman Macintosh

    Series: Routledge Studies in Accounting

    In the business world, recent years have seen a growing acknowledgement of the value of intangible assets rather than physical assets. This has precipitated a crisis in the accounting industry: the accounting representations relied upon for years can no longer be taken for granted. Here, Norman...

    Published March 13th 2002 by Routledge
24. Auditor's Talk

    An Oral History of the Profession from the 1920s to the Present Day

    By Derek Matthews, Jim Pirie

    This book is an oral history of the auditing profession in Britain from 1920s to the present day based on extended extracts from interviews with 77 past and present practitioners. Those interviewed ranged from a nonagenarian who qualified in the 1920s, to active contemporaries, from sole...

    Published December 21st 2000 by Routledge
25. The History of Accounting

    Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

    Edited by John Richard Edwards

    Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

    The History of Accounting has been constructed from 68 items previously published between 1971 and 1998, representing the key works of 72 leading authors. The set is designed for a number of applications which include: a range of readings suitable for graduate and postgraduate courses on accounting...

    Published March 22nd 2000 by Routledge
26. Enterprise and Culture

    By Colin Gray

    Series: Routledge Studies in Small Business

    Enterprise and Culture is a uniquely wide-ranging, insightful and well-informed critical evaluation of the economic and social project of creating an enterprise culture.Colin Gray argues that the failure of small enterprise policy is not just a question of economics, but is also caused by...

    Published March 4th 1998 by Routledge
27. The Development of Accounting in an International Context

    A Festschrift in Honour of R. H. Parker

    Edited by T.E. Cooke, C.W. Nobes

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

    This volume brings together contributions from the world's most renowned scholars in accounting and celebrates the academic achievements of Bob Parker. Reflecting his multi-faceated contribution to the history of accountancy, the volume studies the development of accounting in an international...

    Published July 9th 1997 by Routledge
28. Replacement Costs & Accounting Reform in Post World War I Germany

    By Frank Clarke, Graeme Dean

    First published in 1991...

    Published June 30th 1991 by Routledge