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Accountancy and empire : the British legacy of professional organization / edited by Chris Poullaos and Suki Sian.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge new works in accounting history ; 10.
- Routledge new works in accounting history ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Accounting--History.
- Accounting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010.
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Accountancy and empire : setting the stage / Suki Sian and Chris Poullaos
- The self-governing dominions of South Africa, Australia, and Canada and the evolution of the imperial accountancy arena during the 1920s / Chris Poullaos
- Canada between empires / Alan J. Richardson
- Colonial heritage and the accounting profession in Nigeria / Tsibuike U. Uche
- The Malaysian accountancy profession and its imperial legacy (1957-1995) / Devi S. Susela
- The imperial roots of accounting closure : the case of Sri Lanka / P.W. Senerath Yapa
- Imperialism and professionalization : the case of accountancy in Jamaica / Owalabi M. Bakre
- Maintaining empire : the practice link in Trinidad and Tobago / Garcia Annisette
- The influence of empire on the establishment of the institute of chartered accountants of India (ICAI) after independence / Shraddha Verma
- Between the lines : the professionalization of accountancy in Kenya / Suki Sian
- Accountancy and empire : connections, patterns, and suggestions / Chris Poullaos and Suki Sian.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-97016-9
- 1-136-97017-7
- 1-282-58638-6
- 9786612586385
- 0-203-85154-4
- 9780203851548
- OCLC:
- 645626526
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