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1 online resource (384 pages) |
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Routledge New Works in Accounting History Ser |
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Routledge New Works in Accounting History Ser
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Early Scottish Professionalism in Accountancy; PART 1: FORMATION EVENTS; Chapter 1: Professional Formation: The Case of Scottish Accountants; Chapter 2: Professional Formation: The Case of Scottish Accountants -- Some Corrections and Some Further Thoughts; Chapter 3: Professional Formation: A Reply to Briston and Kedslie; Chapter 4: Mutual Self-interest -- A Unifying Force: The Dominance of Societal Closure Over Social Background in the Early Professional Accounting Bodies |
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Chapter 5: Professional Foundations and Theories of Professional BehaviourChapter 6: The Genesis of Professional Organisation in Scotland: A Contextual Analysis; Chapter 7: Identifying the Founding Fathers of Public Accountancy: The Formation of the Society of Accountants in Edinburgh; PART 2: POST FOUNDATION EVENTS; Chapter 8: The Defence of Professional Monopoly: Scottish Chartered Accountants and 'Satellites in the Scottish Firmament' 1854-1914; Chapter 9: Scottish Chartered Accountants: Internal and External Relations 1853-1916 |
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Chapter 10: The Influence of the Individual in the Professionalization of Accountancy: The Case of Richard Brown and The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh in 1892-6Chapter 11: Anatomy of a Scottish CA Practice: Lindsay, Jamieson & Haldane 1818-1918; Chapter 12: The Influence of Scottish Accountants in the United States: The Early Case of The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh; Chapter 13: The Criminal Upperworld and the Emergence of a Disciplinary Code in the Early Chartered Accountancy Profession |
| Summary |
This text aims to provide an in-depth review of recent historical research on the emergence and maturation of institutionalized public accountancy in Scotland from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Individual contributions cover a range of historical studies including the original foundations and founders, the early competitive struggles with other bodies, the nature of Victorian public practice, individual successes and failures, and the gender issue |
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Chapter 14: Gender Segregation in Scottish Chartered Accountancy: The Deployment of Male Concerns About the Admission of Women, 1900-1925 |
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Accounting -- Scotland -- History
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Accountants -- Scotland -- History
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Accountants.
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Accounting.
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accountants.
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Accountants
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Accounting
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Rechnungswesen
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Berufsbildung
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Comptabilité -- Écosse (GB) -- Histoire.
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Comptables -- Écosse (GB) -- Histoire.
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Geschichte 1853-1918.
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Scotland
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Schottland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Walker, Stephen P
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Lee, Thomas A
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| ISBN |
9781136757624 |
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1136757627 |
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9781136757617 |
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1136757619 |
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