A History of Accountancy in the United States: The Cultural Significance of Accounting. Revised Edition.

by GARY JOHN PREVITS

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814207284
Publisher:	Ohio State University Press
Publication date:	02/01/1998
Series:	HISTORICAL PERSP BUS ENTERPRIS
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	577
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)

Editorial Reviews

A look at professional accounting from 1492 to 1995. In addition to examining the changes in how accounting has been done over these years in its major institutional domains of public practice, financial reporting, business management, government, and education, the authors discuss the relationships between developments in accounting and developments in the society at large. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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