Books in the Routledge Historical Perspectives in Accounting series

Presents the history of financial reporting, exploring the international aspects of standard setting. This work covers a range of topics, including: the formulation of standards on specific topics; the evolution of the institutional machinery of standard-setting; the politics of standard setting; the theory of accounting standardization; and more.

A collection of previously published articles on contemporary accounting history from 1962 to 2007. It focuses on the evolution of the standard-setting process, biographies of accounting writers, and on the evolution of the accountancy profession and audit practice.

An important scholar in the history of accounting, Geoffrey Whittington's articles cover a broad spectrum of the field. This collection of Whittington's work puts together his essays and articles on empirical studies based on company accounts, specification of empirical models, price change accounting, and regulation of accounting and auditing.