A History of Accountancy in the United States: The Cultural Significance of Accounting (Historical Perspectivess on Business Enterprise S.) - Hardcover

Previts, Gary J.; Merino, Barbara Dubis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814207278 ISBN 13: 9780814207277

Publisher: Ohio State University Press, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis:

Intended to provide practising accountants and professional accounting students with a knowledge of the origins of the profession, this is a chronicle of American accountancy from the colonial period to the present. The evolution of accounting in social, political, and economic terms is considered.

About the Author:

Previts is a professor of accountancy at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

Merino is Horace Brock Professor of Accounting and Regent's Professor at the University of North Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0814207278
• ISBN 13: 9780814207277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576