Accounting history and the rise of civilization. Volume I / Gary Giroux.
By: Giroux, Gary A [author.].
Contributor(s): Credo Reference (Firm) [distributor.].
Series: Financial accounting and auditing collection: Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2021Edition: First edition; [Enhanced Credo edition].Description: 1 online resource (30 entries) : 2 images ; digital files.Content type: text | still image Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781787858367.Subject(s): Accounting -- History | Economic history | Economic development -- History | accounting | auditing | capitalism | civilization | cost accounting | double-entry book keeping | financial accounting | industrial revolution | information technologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction; Supplement A. Ride through accounting history; Supplement B. Double entry: a brief primer; Supplement C. What is capitalism and why is it important to civilization? Supplement D. Panic attack: all those pesky bubbles and crashes; Chapter 1. Accounting and the ancient world; Chapter 2. The Dark Ages to the Enlightenment; Chapter 3. Britain and the Industrial Revolution; Chapter 4. The early American experience; Chapter 5. The railroads; Chapter 6. Industrialization and professional management; Conclusions; Bibliography -- Part II: Introduction; Supplement A. Audit opinions; Supplement B. Scandals and corruption; Supplement C. What's so difficult about setting financial accounting standards? Supplement D. Information technology; Chapter 1. Auditing: the rise of a profession; Chapter 2. Taxes and funding public policy; Chapter 3. Public policy and government accounting; Chapter 4. Markets, madness, and the New Deal; Chapter 5. Post-World War II business and accounting; Chapter 6. The tech bubble to subprime meltdown; Conclusions; Bibliography.
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Accounting History and the Rise of Civilization is a brief history of accounting, focusing on the long-term importance of accounting on issues from information accumulation and analysis around money and finance, business and government, and continuing success as technology and innovation expands.
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