RoyChandler Cardiff University This book is the culmination of many years researching the individuals who left Scotland to practice their profession in the USA during the latter half of the nineteenth and the early decades of the twentieth century. Lee has identified 177 practitioners, 16 of whom were unqualified, that is, not members of one of the three existing Scottish bodies of accountants. The mix of qualified and unqualified is a theme which Lee has explored before (see Lee, 2001) albeit in the context of immigration from the UK generally. He provides a biographical sketch of each one. His review takes more than 120 pages. Some entries are obviously longer than others and some contain sur- prises for readers new to the area. Lee concludes with the proud claim that the early pioneers produced a considerable record of achievement given their rela- tively small number. This is no idle boast. A mere glance at the roll of Scottish immigrants is sufficient to support the contention. We see names such as Arthur Young, whose name lives on in the form of Ernst & Young; James Marwick and Simpson Mitchell who in 1897 founded Marwick Mitchell & Co. – the
Book review: The development of the American public accountancy profession T.A. Lee Routledge, Oxford, 2006, 192 pp. ISBN: 978—0—415—40394—8
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RoyChandler Cardiff University This book is the culmination of many years researching the individuals who left Scotland to practice their profession in the USA during the latter half of the nineteenth and the early decades of the twentieth century. Lee has identified 177 practitioners, 16 of whom were unqualified, that is, not members of one of the three existing Scottish bodies of accountants. The mix of qualified and unqualified is a theme which Lee has explored before (see Lee, 2001) albeit in the context of immigration from the UK generally. He provides a biographical sketch of each one. His review takes more than 120 pages. Some entries are obviously longer than others and some contain sur- prises for readers new to the area. Lee concludes with the proud claim that the early pioneers produced a considerable record of achievement given their rela- tively small number. This is no idle boast. A mere glance at the roll of Scottish immigrants is sufficient to support the contention. We see names such as Arthur Young, whose name lives on in the form of Ernst & Young; James Marwick and Simpson Mitchell who in 1897 founded Marwick Mitchell & Co. – thePreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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Book review: The development of the American public accountancy profession T.A. Lee Routledge, Oxford, 2006, 192 pp. ISBN: 978—0—415—40394—8
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