Derek Matthews, Malcolm Anderson, John Richard Edwards

The Priesthood of Industry

The Rise of the Professional Accountant in British Management

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Produktbeschreibung

Documenting the rise of the accountancy profession in Britain, the authors of this volume focus on the individual - the professional accountant - and adopt an economic determinist analysis to explain the rise of public practice and the transfer of staff to industry in increasing numbers.

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There are more than a quarter of a million professional accountants in the UK today. This is a staggering statistic and The Priesthood of Industry explores the rise of accountants to their present position as the dominant professional grouping in the boardroom and the top echelons of British Management. The book traces the origins of the major professional bodies and the evolution of `family trees' of the `Big Six' accountancy firms: Coopers & Lybrand, KPMG, Price Waterhouse, Ernst & Young, Arthur Andersen, and Touche Ross.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780198289609
• ISBN-10: 019828960X
• Artikelnr.: 26100495

Autorenporträt

Professor Edwards is editor of the leading international journal Accounting, Business and Financial History

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* 1: Introduction
* 2: Roots of the Profession
* 3: The Rise of the Accounting Function
* 4: Accountants and Business Management in Victorian and Edwardian
Britain
* 5: Accountants in the Economic Maelstrom: The First World War and the
Inter-War Years
* 6: Rise of the `Priesthood' in the Post-Second World War Era
* 7: Some Explanations and Conclusions
* Appendices
* References