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ROBERT F. MEIGS, MARY A. MEIGS, MARK BETTNER and RAY WHITTINGTON, Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions, Tenth Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1996, pp. xxvii, 1096).
The tenth edition of this accounting principles textbook is described by its authors as evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The book includes both financial and managerial accounting chapters, but there are more than twice as many financial (as compared with managerial) accounting chapters. Thus, the book is best suited for instructors wanting to spend more time on financial accounting topics. In general, this edition has placed increased emphasis upon the needs of accounting information users, and less emphasis on accounting topics which relate primarily to the preparation of accounting information. The authors have continued to move in the direction recommended by the Accounting Education Change Commission. More "real-world" examples are included in the current edition,...