| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Accounting |
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Routledge library editions. Accounting.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Part 1: Illustrations of Corporate Financial Reporting Developments; Introduction; Accountancy Developments in a Public Utility Company in the Nineteenth Century; Company Financial Statements: An Essay in Business History 1830-1950; Unilever-The First 21 Years; Evolution of Corporate Reports: Observations on the Annual Report of United States Steel Corporation; A Historical Overview of Depreciation: U.S. Steel 1902-70 |
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Part 2: Specific Developments in Corporate Financial ReportingIntroduction; The Accounts of British Holding Company Groups: Development and Attitudes to Disclosure in the Early Years; Explaining National Differences in Consolidated Accounts; Notes on the Evolution of the Statement of Sources and Applications of Funds; A Brief History of Company Audits:1840-1940; The Auditor's Report: Its Evolution in the U.S.A.; Part 3: Influences on Financial Reporting Developments; Introduction; Chronology of the Development of Company Financial Reporting in Great Britain, 1844-1977 |
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Chronology of Significant Developments in the Establishment of Accounting Principles in the United States, 1926-1978Company Accounting in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; The Development of Company Accounting Conventions; The Origins of Modern Financial Reporting; The Influence of Pressure Groups on Financial Statements in Britain; The Accounting Profession and Disclosure in Published Reports, 1925-35; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores certain contemporary problems of accounting through the eyes and pens of historians. Many accounting problems are not new ones and it is therefore important to understand their history and development through the ages. This book places twentieth century studies in context and provides clues to possible solutions. The focus of this book is on companies and their financial reports and will be of use to students of economic and business history who wish to provide themselves with an accounting background in relation to the financial reports of companies they may be studying |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Parker, Robert H
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| ISBN |
9781134715145 |
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1134715145 |
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