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History of Public Accounting in the United States
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History of Public Accounting in the United States
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This book, first published in 1988, is a readable, concise history of the accounting profession in the US from its beginnings to the late twentieth century. It examines the roots of the profession, how it developed, how its standards have evolved, and what social, economic and legal forces have shaped it. The chapters form a series of dramatic highlights, illustrative of the multifarious problems besetting a young profession, catapulted into prominence by the economic and social forces of the twentieth century.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. The Antecedents of American Public Accounting 3. Definitions of American Public Accounting 4. The Emergence of Public Accounting in the United States, 1748-1895 5. Public Accounting in the United States, 1896-1913 6. Public Accounting in the United States, 1913-1928 7. Public Accounting in the United States, 1928-1949 8. Public Accounting in the United States During the 1950s
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James Don Edwards