The priesthood of industry
Subtitle: the rise of the professional accountant in British management
By: Derek Matthews, Malcolm Anderson, and John Richard Edwards.
Contributors: Anderson, Malcolm, 1970-; Edwards, J. R.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Accounting -- Great Britain -- History; Accounting firms -- Great Britain; Accountants -- Great Britain -- History
Description: Documenting the rise of the accountancy profession in Britain the authors of this volume focus on the individual - the professional accountant - and adopt an economic determinist analysis to explain why such a rise has occurred.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-343) and index.