Title: A history of accountancy in the United States
First published: 1997
Description: 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.
Subjects: Accounting, History, United States, Business/Economics, Accounting (General), Business & Economics, Business / Economics / Finance, United States - General, Accounting - General, Accounting, history
Places: United States
LC classification: HF5616.U5 P724 1998