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The Accountant's Magazine An Anthology

The Accountant's Magazine: An Anthology

1st Edition

Edited By Colin Storrar
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1986, contains a series of articles from The Accountants’ Magazine from the early years of the twentieth century. They provide insights into the development of accountancy as a profession, and the development of the professional bodies that oversaw it. Careful ...

The Accounting Postulates and Principles Controversy of the 1960s

The Accounting Postulates and Principles Controversy of the 1960s

1st Edition

Edited By Stephen A. Zeff
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1982, gathers together a series of articles and editorials written in response to the Accounting Research Program of the early 1960s. Accounting Research Study No. 1 and No. 3 sprang from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ desire to keep up with ‘...

The Auditor's Guide of 1869 A Review and Computer Enhancement of Recently Discovered Old Microfilm of America's First Book on Auditing by H.J. Mettenheimer

The Auditor's Guide of 1869: A Review and Computer Enhancement of Recently Discovered Old Microfilm of America's First Book on Auditing by H.J. Mettenheimer

1st Edition

By Peter L. McMickle, Paul H. Jensen
February 15, 2022

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. ...

The Birth of American Accountancy

The Birth of American Accountancy

1st Edition

By Peter L. McMickle, Paul H. Jensen
February 15, 2022

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 ...

The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Volume 1 July, 1880–December, 1881

The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Volume 1: July, 1880–December, 1881

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Brief
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. It dealt with ‘historical reviews of methods and systems in all ages and by all nations. Elucidations of accounts, introducing new and simplified features of accounting. Problems from the ...

The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Volume 2 January, 1882–June, 1883

The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Volume 2: January, 1882–June, 1883

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Brief
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. It dealt with ‘historical reviews of methods and systems in all ages and by all nations. Elucidations of accounts, introducing new and simplified features of accounting. Problems from the ...

The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Volume 3 July, 1883–December, 1883

The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Volume 3: July, 1883–December, 1883

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Brief
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. It dealt with ‘historical reviews of methods and systems in all ages and by all nations. Elucidations of accounts, introducing new and simplified features of accounting. Problems from the ...

The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Volume 4 January, 1884–December, 1884

The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Volume 4: January, 1884–December, 1884

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Brief
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. It dealt with ‘historical reviews of methods and systems in all ages and by all nations. Elucidations of accounts, introducing new and simplified features of accounting. Problems from the ...

The Contributions of Alexander Hamilton Church to Accounting and Management

The Contributions of Alexander Hamilton Church to Accounting and Management

1st Edition

Edited By Richard Vangermeersch
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1986, includes primarily articles written by Church not reprinted in his books. The collection demonstrates the breadth of his work and demonstrate why he was such a renowned expert in the fields of cost accounting and management. He introduced the ‘machine-hour rate’ ...

The Evolution of Audit Thought and Practice

The Evolution of Audit Thought and Practice

1st Edition

Edited By Thomas A. Lee
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1988, analyses the history of auditing with as much objectivity as possible. These chapters reveal the importance of auditing in society generally and business activity particularly. The character of the auditor is examined, and their part in history as their role ...

The Evolution of Consolidated Financial Reporting in Australia An Evaluation of Alternative Hypotheses

The Evolution of Consolidated Financial Reporting in Australia: An Evaluation of Alternative Hypotheses

1st Edition

By Greg Whittred
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1988, aims to provide evidence on the voluntary adoption of a particular type of financial statement – the consolidated financial statement – in what may be characterized as relatively high agency cost situations. This study examines an accounting method choice not ...

The Evolution of Selected Annual Corporate Financial Reporting Practices in Canada, 1900-1970

The Evolution of Selected Annual Corporate Financial Reporting Practices in Canada, 1900-1970

1st Edition

Edited By George J. Murphy
February 15, 2022

This book, first published in 1988, studies the changes in selected annual corporate financial reporting practices in Canada from 1900 to 1970, and examines the background and processes that have influenced such changes. Knowledge of how financial reporting practices evolved and what influenced ...

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