The Institute of Accounts / Edition 1

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 of Accounts describes the association's early development, its usefulness to the needs of bookkeepers and accountants in the late nineteenth century, and its historical importance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415288743
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/20/2003
Series:	Routledge New Works in Accounting History
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)

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