Accountancy Comes of Age: The Development of an American Profession, 1886-1940According to Miranti (accounting, Rutgers), gaining both internal cohesiveness and external acceptance were challenges faced not just by accounting (as he describes in this history), but also by other new licensed professions. He presents a model explaining how the roles and responsibilities of licensed professions developed to accommodate the growing complexity of modern American Society. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Mobilization Prosperity and Autonomous | 101 |
A New Structure of Financial Market | 146 |
Governance 19351940 | 160 |
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