Beginnings of Accounting and Accounting Thought - Accounting Practice in Middle East 8000 B.c to 2000 B.c. Accounting

Informationen zum Autor Richard Mattessich Klappentext Based on recent archaeological, historical and accounting research, this book presents a series of well-supported, but often surprising hypotheses on the 10,000 year-old history of accounting. Mattessich also illustrates the astounding sophistication manifested in some of the accounting and budgeting procedures throughout history. The second part of the book deals with the first manuscript containing sections describing accounting activities, the Kautilya's Arthasastra, written about 300 BC in India. Zusammenfassung This book examines the ancient history of accounting and presents a series of often controversial, but strongly researched hypotheses, which makes it an important and enlightening read for both academics and professionals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Prehistoric Accounting and the Problem of Representation, Richard Mattessich; Chapter 3 Counting, Accounting, and the Input-Output Principle, Richard Mattessich; Chapter 4, Richard Mattessich; Chapter 5 Recent Insights into Mesopotamian Accounting of the 3rd Millennium B.C — Successor to Token Accounting, Richard Mattessich; Follow-Up to “;Recent Insights into Mesopotamian Accounting of the 3rd Millennium B.C.”, Richard Mattessich; Chapter 6 Review and Extension of Bhattacharyya’s, Richard Mattessich; Chapter 7 From Accounting to Negative Numbers, Richard Mattessich;

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Richard Mattessich, Mattessich Richard
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 03.08.2000
• EAN: 9780815334453
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3445-3
• Pages: 192
• Thème: Routledge New Works in Accounting History
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Général, dictionnaires; History: specific events & topics, Accounting, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / General, India, Middle East, History: specific events and topics