Books reviewed are: V. A. Mazdorov, History of Accounting Evolution in USSR (1917-1972) Reviewed by Yoshiro Kimizuka and Akira Mori; kazuo Kawahara, The Bookkeeping Methods of the Edo Era in Japan, Reviewed by Ryoji Inouye; Shigeo Aoki, editor,...
Sarjeant, Thomas. An Introduction to the Counting House;Accounting -- United States -- History
In 1789, seven years before the text developed by "pioneer American [accounting] author" William Mitchell appeared, Thomas Sarjeant of Philadelphia published An Introduction to the Counting House. It was a concise and able expression of a long...
As the revolution in computing advances, it is appropriate to step back and look at the earliest practical aid to computation?? abacus. Its formal western origins lie with the Greeks and the expansion of trade in the seventh century BC, and its...
Books reviewed are: Stephen A. Zeff, (ed.), Asset Appreciation, Business lncome and Price-Level Accounting: 1918-1935 Reviewed by Louis Goldberg; The Chartered Accountant in Australia, Golden Jubilee Issue Reviewed by Robert H. Raymond; Rex...
