Understanding Accounting in its Social and Historical Context

This book, first published in 1988, examines accounting not as merely a technical process, nor as a technical process with social and political consequences, but as an activity which is both social and political in itself. It analyses the history of accounting and explores the complicated relationship between accounting and society.

Aceasta carte, publicata pentru prima data in 1988, examineaza contabilitatea nu doar ca pe un proces tehnic, nici ca pe un proces tehnic cu consecinte sociale si politice, ci ca pe o activitate care este in sine atat sociala, cat si politica. Analizeaza istoria contabilitatii si exploreaza relatia complicata dintre contabilitate si societate.