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AN ACCOUNTING THESAURUS
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500 years of accounting
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Edited By
Richard Chambers , Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston TX, U.S.A.
Reviews
Basil Yamey, The London School of Economics and Political Science., 1995
An informative cornucopia of quotations, ranging from the pontifical and prosaic to the provocative, perceptive and profound, nicely leavened with touches of humour.
Murray Wells, Graduate School of Business, The University of Sydney., 1995
Never before have we had available to us, a comprehensive array of opinions, facts, arguments and dicta spanning, in effect, the whole
financial accounting world from Pacioli to the present day. Casual readers or serious researchers who want to see how ideas changed,
when new ideas emerged or old ideas died will find Chambers' Thesaurus invaluable, entertaining and instructive. I know of no other work
like it in scope or coverage. It is also remarkably "user friendly". Anyone who is interested in the history of ideas, in the use of
language, in the traditions of accounting will find in this remarkable work a wealth of material and a veritable treasure trove of quotable
quotes.
Business History, 1997, W.A. Thomas, University of Liverpool, 1995
This reference book is a labour of love; it could not be otherwise. Usually such a voluminous work is the result of joint endeavour, but
this accounting companion is the product of one scholar's dedicated meticulousness in surveying 500 years of accounting and related literature.
Students of accounting will find here a rich store of definitions which can be borrowed elegance to their presentations, elaborate some
point or support a favoured view. It is most certainly comprehensive in its coverage, ranging from accounting in general, its economic
background, psychological aspects, valuation of assets and equities, income and the complexitites of measurement, accounting systems,
and accounting beliefs and knowledge. Here is a myriad of alternative lenses through which to view concepts, mechanism or ideas. Undoubtedly
it will prove invaluable to any student of accounting, or related professions, since they will find within it ready access to the accumulated
elegance and interpretations of several centuries of scholarly study. But like most companion volumes this is also a splendid work simply
to browse through, where the humorous finds a place alongside the profound. There is a detailed source index, itself a revealing glimpse
of the literature of accounting, together with a subject index.
Other scholars may have set out to produce such a grand and capacious
work but have despaired of the magnitude of the task or been overtaken by mortality. One R. Bithell, writing in 1903, identified the
three services which contribute to the cost of a product as 'labour, endurance and abstinence'; judging by this endeavour the greatest
of these three is probably endurance. To recognise the scholarly dedication of the compiler, and enrich their collection, every library
reference section should hold a copy.
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