The prime objective of this long-established book is to provide the student with a broad perspective of business accounting based upon a sound conceptual framework. It does this by integrating the theory with the application, presenting accounting concepts as simply and directly as possible, and stimulating independent thought on the part of the reader.

For more than a century, Alsace was the most contested region in western Europe, This analysis of working-class politics and nationality explains the successive attempts of French and German authorities to impose one national identity on the region and shows how workers responded.