Publication Date
Fall 1984
Abstract
Von Mises suggests that history is an intellectual effort which resembles the audit of human activity. History deals with human action, that is, the actions performed by individuals and groups of individuals. It describes the conditions under which people lived and the way they reacted to these conditions. It's subjects are human judgments of value and the ends sought guided by these judgments, the means men resorted to in order to attain the ends sought, and the outcome of their actions. History deals with man's reaction to the state of his environment, both the natural environment and the social environment as determined by the actions of preceding generations as well as by those of contemporaries.
Recommended Citation
Previts, Gary John
(1984)
"Methods and meanings of historical interpretation for accountancy,"
Accounting Historians Notebook: Vol. 7:
No.
2, Article 8.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aah_notebook/vol7/iss2/8