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

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

Richard K. Fleischman, Lee D. Parker

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Richard K Fleischman, Richard K. Fleischman, Richard K. Parker Fleischman, Lee Parker, Lee D Parker, Lee D. Parker
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138055537
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05553-7
• Pagine: 358
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution; Routledge Library Editions: The Industrial Revolution
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie