Accounting History - Some British Contributions (Hardcover)

In recent years there has been increasing interest shown in the history and development of accounting practices; accounting records are an important source of historical data, and they can also provide evidence of varied organizational structures and systems of management control. This volume brings together published work by the major British scholars in the field, and is intended as a contribution to accounting scholarship on the 500th anniversary of Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica (1494). Contributions are grouped under the following headings: The Ancient World; Before Double Entry; Corporate Accounting; Local Government Accounting; Cost and Management Accounting; Accounting Theory; and Accounting in Context. Contributors: W. T. Baxter, S. Burchell, C. D. B. Clubb, T. E. Cooke, J. R. Edwards, D. A. R. Forrester, J. Freear, J. J. Glynn, P. D. A. Harvey, A. G. Hopwood, P. Hudson, R. H. Jones, G. A. Lee, T. A. Lee, R. H. Macve, S. Marriner, M. Mepham, M. Mumford, C. J. Napier, E. Newell, C. W. Nobes, C. W. Noke, R. H. Parker, D. A. Postles, D. W. Rathbone, B. S. Yamey;This book is intended for accounting and business historians, and others interested in the evolution of accounting p

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Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1994
First published:	May 1994
Editors:	R. H. Parker (Professor of Accountancy) • B.S. Yamey (Emeritus Professor of Economics)
Dimensions:	243 x 159 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	670
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-828886-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Accounting > General
LSN:	0-19-828886-7
Barcode:	9780198288862

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