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Accounting innovation : municipal corporations, 1835-1935

Title
Accounting innovation : municipal corporations, 1835-1935 / Hugh M. Coombs and John Richard Edwards.
Author
Coombs, Hugh M. (Hugh Malcolm)
Publication
New York : Garland Pub., 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Edwards, J. R.
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Description
xiii, 204 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
New works in accounting history
Uniform Title
New works in accounting history.
Subject
  • Municipal corporations > Great Britain > History
  • Municipal finance > Great Britain > History
Note
  • "The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-192) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Structure of local authorities -- 3. Regulatory framework -- 4. Record keeping in municipal corporations -- 5. Framework of accounts -- 6. Capital accounting: theory and practice -- 7. Municipal audit - a professional power struggle -- 8. Nature of the municipal audit - issues -- 9. Companies and corporations - comparative developments -- 10. Concluding comments.
ISBN
0815322445 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
95037793
OCLC
ocm33009118
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries