What Is Past Is Prologue - Cost Accounting in the British Industrial Revolution, 1760-1850

List of contents

Preface; Tables; Figures; 1. Introduction 2. The Big Picture 3. The Industrial Revolution Iron Industry 4. The Textile Trades 5. The Extractive Industries 6. Carron Company: A Case Study 7. The Boulton & Watt Case 8. New Cost Accounting Perspectives on Technological Change in the British Industrial Revolution 9. Expanding the Dialogue: Industrial Revolution Costing Historiography 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Author Index; Firm Index; Subject Index

About the author

Richard K. Fleischman, Lee D. Parker

Summary

This volume, originally published in 1997, reports the findings of extensive archival and contextual research into the surviving accounting and business records of some 200 British Industrial Revolution enterprises.

Product details

• Authors: Fleischman, Richard K. Fleischman, Richard K. Parker Fleischman, Fleischman Richard K., Lee Parker, Lee D. Parker, Parker Lee
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138055544
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05554-4
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution; Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Economic history, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, General and world history, History and Archaeology, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history