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UNINA9910466597203321 |
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Autore |
Giroux Gary A. |
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Titolo |
Accounting history and the rise of civilization . Volume I / / Gary Giroux |
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New York, New York : , : Business Expert Press, , [2017] |
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1-78785-836-7 |
1-63157-424-8 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xx, 132 pages) |
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Collana |
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Financial accounting and auditing collection, , 2151-2817 |
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Accounting - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-127) and index. |
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Supplement A. Ride through accounting history -- 1. Accounting and the ancient world -- 2. The dark ages to the enlightenment -- Supplement B. Double entry: a brief primer -- 3. Britain and the industrial revolution -- Supplement C. What is capitalism and why is it important to civilization? -- 4. The early American experience -- 5. The railroads -- 6. Industrialization and professional management -- Supplement D. Panic attack: all those pesky bubbles and crashes -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Volume I of Accounting History covers the first 10,000 or so years of the rise of accounting and civilization. Conveniently, accounting was part of the developing culture from the start. Before civilization, big-brained humans still developed language, stone tools, started trade, and made both bread and beer from wild wheat. The beer and bread combo may have been the big push to settled agriculture, villages, and the start of civilization. With fortified villages and towns, accumulating wealth meant inventory accounting, first using tokens (clay balls). Increased technology, population, and power followed, as did the need for better bookkeeping. |
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UNINA9910451541303321 |
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Autore |
Jackson Howard <1945-, > |
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Titolo |
Lexicography : an introduction / / Howard Jackson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002 |
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0-585-46213-5 |
0-415-23173-6 |
1-280-40386-1 |
1-134-57446-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Lexicography |
Philology & Linguistics |
Languages & Literatures |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-188) and index. |
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Lexicography An introduction; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Dictionaries cited; 1 Words; 2 Facts about words; 3 The dictionary; 4 The beginnings; 5 The New English Dictionary; 6 Up to the present; 7 Users and uses; 8 Meaning in dictionaries; 9 Beyond definition; 10 Etymology; 11 Dictionaries for learners; 12 Abandoning the alphabet; 13 Compiling dictionaries; 14 Criticising dictionaries; References; Index |
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This book is an accessible introduction to lexicography - the study of dictionaries.Dictionaries are used at home and at school, cited in law courts, sermons and parliament, and referred to by crossword addicts and Scrabble players alike. Lexicography provides a detailed overview of the history, types and content of these essential references. Howard Jackson analyzes a wide range of dictionaries, from those for native speakers to thematic dictionaries and those on CD-ROM, to reveal the ways in which dictionaries fulfil their dual function of describing the vocabulary of E |
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