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100 1 $aPrevits, Gary John.
245 12 $aA history of accountancy in the United States
:$bthe cultural significance of accounting /$cGary John
Previs and Barbara Dubis Merino.
260 $aColumbus, Ohio :$bOhio State University
Press,$c1998.
300 $axx, 577 p. :$bports. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aHistorical perspectives on business enterprise
series.
505 0 $aCh. 1. 1492-1775: Accounting from Discovery to
Revolutionary Times -- Ch. 2. 1776-1826: The Formation of a
National Economy -- Ch. 3. 1827-1865: The Beginnings of
Corporate America -- Ch. 4. 1866-1896: Accounting in the
Gilded Age -- Ch. 5. 1897-1918: The Formation of an
Accounting Profession -- Ch. 6. 1919-1945: Accountancy Comes
of Age: The Interwar Period -- Ch. 7. 1946-1972: Expansion
and Controversy: Accountants in an Age of Uncertainty -- Ch.
8. 1973-1995: Accountancy and the Global Capital Market:
From the Trueblood Report to the Jenkins Committee.
520 $aThe only comprehensive chronicle of American
accountancy from the colonial period to the present, this
completely revised edition provides practicing accountants
and professional accounting students with a thorough
knowledge of the origins of their profession. Gary John
Previts and Barbara Dubis Merino address the evolution of
accounting in social, political, and economic terms and
discuss the major figures in each historical period. They
consider the development of accounting in all of its major
institutional domains, including public practice, financial
reporting, business management, government, and education.
500 $aRev., enl. ed. of: A history of accounting in
America. 1979.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aAccounting$zUnited States$xHistory.
700 1 $aMerino, Barbara Dubis,
700 1 $aPrevits, Gary John.$tHistory of accounting in
America.$fc1979.
930 $a657.0973 Pre/Hoa
