The Beginnings of Accounting and Accounting Thought by Richard Mattessich

The Beginnings of Accounting and Accounting Thought by Richard Mattessich

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.

Mattessich, Richard: - RICHARD V. MATTESSICH is Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia, where he held the Arthur Andersen & Co. Chair. Mattessich and his work have been discussed in Twentieth-Century Accounting Thinkers (1994) and similar surveys, and his professional memoirs were published in Japan by Chuo University. His practical experience comprises several years as an engineer and accountant. He is a Ford Foundation Fellow (USA), a distinguished Erskine Fellow (New Zealand), a Killam Senior Fellow (Canada), and a member of two national academies (Italy and Austria), as well as an honorary Life Member of the Academy of Accounting Historians. He has served on the Board of Governors of the School of Chartered Accountancy of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and was on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Certified General Accountants Research Foundation for six years.

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ISBN 13	9780815334453
ISBN 10	0815334451
Title	The Beginnings of Accounting and Accounting Thought
Author	Richard Mattessich
Series	Routledge New Works In Accounting History
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published	2000-08-03
Number of pages	192
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