Routledge Library Editions: Accounting History: (Routledge Library Editions: Accounting History)

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.

Table of Contents:
1. The Accomptant's Oracle Wardhaugh Thompson 2. The Accountant's Magazine: An Anthology Edited by Colin Storrar 3. Accounting in Eighteenth Century Scotland Michael J. Mepham 4. Accounting Literature in the United States Before Mitchell and Jones (1796) Edited with an introduction by Terry K. Sheldahl 5. The Accounting Postulates and Principles Controversy of the 1960s Compiled and edited by Stephen A. Zeff 6. Alexander Hamilton Church: A Man of Ideas for All Seasons Richard Vangermeersch 7. The Auditor's Guide of 1869: A Review and Computer Enhancement Peter J. McMickle and Paul H. Jensen 8. The Birth of American Accountancy Peter J. McMickle and Paul H. Jensen 9. The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Vol. 1 Edited by Richard P. Brief 10. The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Vol. 2 Edited by Richard P. Brief 11. The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Vol. 3 Edited by Richard P. Brief 12. The Book-Keeper and American Counting-Room Vol. 4 Edited by Richard P. Brief 13. A Common-Sense Method of Double Entry Bookkeeping on First Principles S. Dyer 14. The Contributions of Alexander Hamilton Church to Accounting and Management Edited by Richard Vangermeersch 15. Contributions of Four Accounting Pioneers James Don Edwards and Roland F. Salmonson 16. Contributions of Limperg and Schmidt to the Replacement Cost Debate in the 1920s Frank L. Clarke and Graeme W. Dean 17. Education for the Mercantile Counting House Edited with an introduction by Terry K. Sheldahl 18. The Evolution of Audit Thought and Practice Edited with an introduction by T.A. Lee 19. The Evolution of Canadian Corporate Reporting Practices, 1900-1970 George J. Murphy 20. The Evolution of Consolidated Financial Reporting in Australia Greg Whittred 21. Factory Accounts John Whitmore 22. Federal Securities Law and Accounting 1933-1970 Edited by Gary John Previts and Alfred R. Roberts 23. The Fifth International Congress on Accounting 24. Financial Accounting Milestones in the Annual Reports of United States Steel Corporation Edited by Richard Vangermeersch 25. Forerunners of Realizable Values Accounting in Financial Reporting Edited by G.W. Dean and M.C. Wells 26. The General Principles of the Science of Accounts' and 'The Accountancy of Investment' Charles E. Sprague 27. A History of Canadian Accounting Thought and Practice Edited by George J. Murphy 28. History of Public Accounting in the United States James Don Edwards 29. A History of the Chartered Accountants of Scotland The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland 30. History of the Society of Incorporated Accountants 1885-1957 A.A. Garrett 31. The Legal Literature of Accounting: On Accounts by Diego del Castillo Translated with an introduction by Patti A. Mills 32. Leonard M. Savoie: Words from the Past, Thoughts for Today Edited by Donald E. Tidrick 33. The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Edited by Julia Grant 34. Pioneers of a Profession Jas C. Stewart and T.A. Lee 35. Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Accountants, 1957 36. Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank Charles Tennant Couper 37. A Scottish Contribution to Accounting History Edited by T.A. Lee 38. Shareholder Use and Understanding of Financial Information T.A. Lee and D.P. Tweedie 39. The Sixth International Congress on Accounting 1952 40. The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh, 1854-1914 Stephen P. Walker 41. Sourcebook on Accounting Principles and Procedures, 1917-1953 Edited by Stephen A. Zeff and Maurice Moonitz 42. Transactions of the Chartered Accountants Students' Societies of Edinburgh and Glasgow Edited by Thomas A. Lee 43. Understanding Accounting in its Social and Historical Context Anne Loft 44. The U.S. Accounting Profession in the 1890s and Early 1900s Edited with an introduction by Stephen A. Zeff 45. Voluntary Annual Report Disclosure by Listed Dutch Companies, 1945-1983 Kees Camfferman

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