Soll, Jacob,  1968- <br/><br/>
The reckoning :  financial accountability and the rise and fall of nations / 
Jacob Soll. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical resources and index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-262) and index 
<br/><br/>A short history of early accounting, politics, and accountability -- For God and profit: the books according to Saint Matthew -- Medici magnificence: a cautionary tale -- The mathematician, the courtier, and the emperor of the world -- The Dutch audit -- The accountant and the Sun King -- The first bailout -- "Fame and profit": counting on the Wedgwood vase -- Big debts, big numbers, and the French Revolution -- "The price of liberty" -- Railroaded -- The Dickens dilemma -- Judgment Day. 
<br/><br/> An award-winning historian presents a wide-ranging history of accounting, discussing how basic auditing and double-entry bookkeeping have shaped kingdoms and empires as well as how misuse of this system caused the 1929 Crash and the 2008 financial crisis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0465031528 9780465031528 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013362540 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Accounting--History.<br/>Economic history.<br/>Accounting.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF5605  / .S65 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>657.09