Books in the Routledge Library Editions: Accounting History series

This book, first published in 1984, collects together a host of valuable research papers published on accounting and auditing principles and procedures from the years 1917 to 1953. They are a key resource on the history and development of the accounting professions.

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. The journal is a primary source for students interested in the history of accounting.

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. The journal is a primary source for students interested in the history of accounting.

This book, first published in 1988, analyses the history of auditing with objectivity. These chapters reveal the importance of auditing in society generally and business activity particularly. The character of the auditor is examined, and their part in history as the role developed from amateur status to a professional one.

This book, first published in 1982, collects papers about market price valuations capable of different interpretations. Some support for the selling price case. Others are incapable of reasonable interpretation other than in support for selling price valuations. And still others are not inconsistent with the selling price case.

This book, first published in 1988, analyses the early development of the US public accounting profession. It gathers in one place writings - contemporary accounts, recollections and historical studies - that portray the early decades of the profession. It is a key book for students of the early development of the US accounting profession.

This book, first published in 1986, is a critical study of accounting history, split into two main sections: the development of accounting thought and practice prior to the emergence of a regulated accountancy profession; and the problems faced in the first 70 years of the accountancy profession.

This book, first published in 1988, analyses the history of auditing with objectivity. These chapters reveal the importance of auditing in society generally and business activity particularly. The character of the auditor is examined, and their part in history as the role developed from amateur status to a professional one.

This book, first published in 1984, collects papers published in various Transactions of the Chartered Accountants Students' Societies of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Many of these lectures were given by eminent accountants from throughout the UK, and soon the activities of the Societies extended beyond lectures.

This book, first published in 1995, collects together 26 of Leonard M. Savoie's key speeches, all previously unpublished. Savoie was a titan in accounting education and these chapters are of valuable historical importance to the field.

This book, first published in 1988, studies the changes in selected annual corporate financial reporting practices in Canada from 1900 to 1970, and examines the background and processes that have influenced such changes.

This book, first published in 1995, presents a convenient resource which contains a cross-section of education issues, topics and biographies, identified with the acceptance and development of Certified Public Accountancy in New York State, USA.

This book, first published in 1986, contains a series of articles from The Accountants' Magazine from the early years of the twentieth century. Careful selection of the articles for this volume mean that there are often contrasting pairs of articles on the same subject, providing a neat summation of any debate on the topic.

This book, first published in 1993, focuses on the evolution of accounting institutions, practices and standard-setting in Canada. Canada's federal system complicates the jurisdictional authority for accounting matters. This book analyses howjurisdictional coordination has come to function in its present form.

This book, first published in 1986, examines extracts sections from the annual reports of United States Steel Corporation over the period 1902-1968. These extracts are milestones in the history of financial reporting in the United States, and the documents are presented as they originally appeared.

This book, first published in 1986, includes primarily articles written by Church not reprinted in his books. The collection demonstrates the breadth of his work and demonstrate why he was such a renowned expert in the fields of cost accounting and management.

This book, first published in 1989, reproduces and assesses several key works from the beginnings of the profession of accountancy. The articles featured partly formed the origins of American accountancy, and as such are extremely valuable reference resources for the historian of the profession.

This book, first published in 1989, surveys higher education in preparation for business careers, particularly the fledgling profession of accounting. Examining the origins of English schooling for merchants, it brings to light articles and writers from the eighteenth century who proposed a liberal education for business.

The articles in this book, first published in 1986, cover the developments of the first three decades of the Securities Acts, and examines appraisals of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These principal papers are key sources in the study of the history of accounting.

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. The journal is a primary source for students interested in the history of accounting.

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. The journal is a primary source for students interested in the history of accounting.

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. The journal is a primary source for students interested in the history of accounting.

This book, first published in 1989, contains reprints of the early periodical on accounting, The Book-Keeper. The journal is a primary source for students interested in the history of accounting.

This book, first published in 1982, gathers together a series of articles and editorials written in response to the Accounting Research Program of the early 1960s. These articles analyse the findings and provide vital historical insight into the profession of the time, and its further development.