Accountancy and Empire: The British Legacy of Professional Organization Contributor(s): Poullaos, Chris (Editor), Sian, Suki (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138879460 ISBN-13: 9781138879461 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Accounting - General - Business & Economics | Business Communication - General |
Dewey: 657.091 |
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.84 lbs) 264 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book brings together, for the first time, studies of the professionalisation of accountancy in key constituent territories of the British Empire. The late nineteenth century was a period of intensive activity in terms of both imperialism and professionalisation. A team of expert contributors has examined profession-state engagements between Britain, on the one hand and Canada, South Africa, Australia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, India and Kenya, and the other with a view to assessing how the organizations of accountancy in the colonies was affecting the metropolitan profession and state agents- and vice versa. Their contributions highlight the peculiarities of the professionalization processes in variant social, economic and political environments linked together by the relays of empire, prompting reflection on both the common and disparate dynamics involved. This book has numerous objectives, including giving historical insight and focus on countries that provide contrasting and variant examples of the uptake of the "British model", and broadening the appeal of accounting history and professionalisation as a taught subject in university accounting departments. |