''Accounting History'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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that covers the
history of accounting
The history of accounting or accountancy can be traced to ancient civilizations.Keith, Robson. 1992. “Accounting Numbers as ‘inscription’: Action at a Distance and the Development of Accounting.” ''Accounting, Organizations and Society'' 1 ...
. The journal's
editors-in-chief
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are Carolyn Fowler
Victoria University of Wellington, Carolyn Cordery
Aston University and Laura Maran
RMIT University.
It was established in 1996 and is published by
Sage Publications
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in association with the Accounting History Special Interest Group of the
Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand. The academic journal motivates the use of accounting and offers various forums pertaining to organization in the field. The journal inspires the accounting practice which serves to recognize its role in other relevant disciplines.
Topics
''Accounting History'' covers a wide variety of topics in the field of accounting. In the article, there are many topics of papers chronicling histories, the records of accounting, and theories about accounting. These topics are covered to further initiate more research or discussion in the field of accounting.
Aims and Goals
The aim of the ''Accounting History'' journal identifies how the accounting field communicates in today's context.. The journal offer's articles with competing points-of-view about the past history of accounting.
* Recognize the factors that are time-sensitive and can impact the affect the accounting
* Assess accounting's role in society and organizational role
* Offers the accounting insight through an interpretive viewpoint
* Relates the differences of each field of accounting to a variety of discourses
See also
* ''
Accounting History Review''
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://ach.sagepub.com/
SAGE Publishing academic journals
English-language journals
Accounting journals
Quarterly journals
Publications established in 1996
History of accounting