Double Entry
How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance
By Jane Gleeson-White
(W. W. Norton & Company, Hardcover, 9780393088960, 294pp.)
Publication Date: October 2012
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback
Categories: Accounting - Financial, Bookkeeping, Economic History
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Description
Filled with colorful characters and history, "Double Entry" takes readers from the ancient origins of accounting in Mesopotamia to the frontiers of modern finance. At the heart of the story is double-entry bookkeeping: the first system that allowed merchants to actually measure the worth of their businesses.
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