Routledge Library Editions: Accounting History
3 primary works • 4 total works
Book 23
This book, first published in 1986, collects together the papers presented at the Fifth International Congress on Accounting in 1938. Cutting edge research at the time, these analyses now form an integral part of the history of accounting.
Book 35
Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Accountants, 1957
by Various
This book, first published in 1988, contains the complete account of the Seventh International Congress of Accountants in 1957. Featuring analysis of the modernisation of accounting, public accountants and internal auditing, among others, this is a valuable research book on the development of the profession.
Book 39
This book, first published in 1954, collects together the papers presented to the Sixth International Congress on Accounting. They focus on the problems of the post-war changes in the value of money, and how to deal with this in accounting statements; taxation, and the role of accountants in Government; raising and retaining capital for development; and the role of the professional accountant in the commercial field.
This set gathers together 45 out-of-print works examining many areas in accounting history. Books analyse recent events in accounting, as well as focus on the very earliest days of the profession and its subsequent development. Key figures and their ideas are discussed as is the evolution of accounting thought and practices. Taken together, these books offer a wide-ranging overview of the history of accounting around the world.