This compilation concerns account books, not books on accounting. Most of the essays analyse the account book(s) of a single person or business. In each case th

Our world is governed by the numbers generated by the accounts of nations and corporations. We depend on these numbers to direct our governments, our institutio

Global in scope, accounting has had its share of great thinkers and practitioners, from Luca Pacioloi, the father of accounting, to R. J. Chambers, W. W. Cooper

This volume deals with the evolution of accounting from earliest times, and gives particular attention to corporate accounting developments since the Industrial