Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance

Author/Contributor(s):	Gleeson-White, Jane
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Date:	10/07/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.