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Written over a period of twenty years the papers included here reflect the changing circumstances around the study of accounting history.
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Part 1 Accounting History; Chapter 1 The study of accounting history, R H Parker; Part 2 Accounting Problems; Chapter 2 Lower of Cost and Market in Britain and the United States : An Historical Survey, R. H. Parker; Chapter 3 Discounted Cash Flow in Historical Perspective, R. H. Parker*Reader in Management Accounting, Manchester Business School. Much of the research on which this paper is based was carried out while the author was P. D. Leake Research Fellow in Accounting at the London School of Economics in 1966. The paper forms part of a forthcoming book, Accounting in Historical Perspective, to be published by Macmillan … Co. Ltd., London; Chapter 4 History of Accounting for Decisions, R H Parker; Chapter 5 The Want of Uniformity in Accounts: A Nineteenth Century Debate, R. H.Parker; Chapter 6 Bookkeeping Barter and Current Cash Equivalents in Early New South Wales, R. H. Parker; Part 3 Accounting People; Chapter 7 British Men of Account, R. H. Parker; Chapter 8 British Accountants, R. H. Parker; Chapter 9 Those first councillors …; Chapter 10 Memorial, R. H. Parker; Chapter 11 Australia's First Accountancy Body—The Adelaide Society of Accountants, R. H. Parker; Part 4 Accounting Literature; Chapter 12 *This article is taken from the Appendix to “Accounting in Scotland: a historical bibliography”, compiled by Janet E. Pryce-Jones; annotated by R. H. Parker; 96 pages; 11 illustrations; author index; title index; £2·50.The bibliography is the first publication of the Scottish Committee on Accounting History of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. It has just been published.An order form for it appears at page i., R. H. Parker; Chapter 13 A Note on Savary's “Le Parfait Négociant”, R. H. Parker*Reader in Management Accounting, Manchester Business School, and P. D. Leake Research Fellow (1966), London School of Economics and Political Science; Chapter 14 Reckoning, Merchants' Accounts, Book-Keeping, Accounting or Accountancy? The Evidence of the Long Titles of Books on Accounting in English, 1543–1914, R. H. Parker*I am much indebted to M. F. Bywater, Anna B. G. Dunlop, G. A. Lee and B. S. Yamey for their helpful comments on a previous draft;
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Written over a period of twenty years the papers included here reflect the changing circumstances around the study of accounting history.
