Accountancy and empire : the British legacy of professional organization / / edited by Chris Poullaos and Suki Sian

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 657.09171/241
• Soggetto topico: Accounting - History
• Altri autori: PoullaosChris SianSuki <1969->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Accountancy and empire
• ISBN: 1-136-97016-9; 1-136-97017-7; 1-282-58638-6; 9786612586385; 0-203-85154-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781174403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge new works in accounting history ; ; 10.