Introduction : analyzing work as an experience -- Work in premodern societies -- Work and the American tradition -- The impact of industrialization -- Modern work the American way -- Rearranging modern work : the young, the old, and the female -- Global trends in the past half-century : the...

Evolution of the IASC into the IASB -- Setting up the IASB -- The first wave of jurisdictional adoptions of IFRSs -- The IASB sets its agenda : 'improvement, convergence, leadership' -- Financial instruments : the confrontation with Europe -- The IASC foundation's first constitution review :...