Accounting -- Southern states -- History;Bookkeeping -- Southern states -- History;Plantations -- Louisiana -- History;Minor, William J.
Very little information exists on the accounting methods and procedures of the great cotton and sugar plantations in the Southeastern United States during the period preceding the Civil War. Fortunately, one sugar planter, William J. Minor of...
Auditing -- History;Dicksee, Lawrence Robert, 1864-1932. Auditing;Montgomery, Robert Hiester, 1872-1953. Auditing
Audit emphasis this century has swung away from chasing entries through the books to values being "fairly presented" and then back again. Now, however, what was "chasing entries through the books" has become "verifying internal controls." This...
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...
Books reviewed are: Philip D. Bougen, Accounting and Industrial Relations: Some Historical Evidence on Their Interaction Reviewed by Roxanne T. Johnson; Robert H. Frank, Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions Reviewed by Eric W....
