The Institute of Accounts

by Stephen E. Loeb, Paul J. Miranti

Overview

This book focuses upon the Institute of Accounts (IA), an organization to which the modern United States accounting profession can trace its roots. The IA was organized in the early 1880s in New York City and, as discussed in this book, attracted a diverse membership that included some of the leading accounting thinkers of the period. The Institute

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134441525
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/20/2003
Series:	Routledge New Works in Accounting History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	279 KB

About the Author

Paul J. Miranti Jr. is a professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Systems and was formerly associate dean of faculty and research at Rutgers Business School.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Acknowledgments, Section 1 Introduction, Section 2 Origins, goals, membership, and professional characteristics, Section 3 Functionality of the IA and its role in professionalization, Section 4 The structure of accounting knowledge and the natural order of society, Section 5 Decline of the IA, Section 6 Legacy, Notes, References, Index