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1. A History of Financial Accounting (RLE Accounting)

   Edited by J. Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   This volume deals with the evolution of accounting from earliest times, and gives particular attention to corporate accounting developments since the Industrial Revolution. The author identifies the various sources of accounting practices employed by British companies, to demonstrate the main...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Local Authority Accounting Methods Volume 1 (RLE Accounting)

   The Early Debate 1884-1908

   Edited by Hugh Coombs, J. Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   This book contains a collection of papers dealing with a range of controversial issues which exercised the minds of local authority officials from 1884-1908. The 28 items reproduced cover a wide range of matters. They are presented chronologically because many of the papers deal with more than one...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
3. British Cost Accounting 1882-1952 (RLE Accounting)

   Contemporary Essays from the Accounting Literature

   Edited by Trevor Boyns, Malcolm Anderson, J. Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   This anthology provides readers with a flavour of the development of cost accounting and emerging management accounting literature from ‘The Costing Renaissance’ to 1952. Many of the issues which were prominent in the middle of the twentieth century are still pressing issues today and received...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. British Audit Practice 1884-1900 (RLE Accounting)

   A Case Law Perspective

   Edited by Roy Chandler, J. Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   This book sheds light on the nature of the late nineteenth century audit by reference to the views expressed in 26 legal cases. The treatment of late nineteenth century legal issues which might appear somewhat unbalanced, viewed from today’s stand-point, is shown to be more even handed when seen...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
5. Studies of Company Records (RLE Accounting)

   1830-1974

   Edited by J. Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   This anthology comprises a selection of articles which demonstrates the explanatory potential of company records as source material for the accounting historian. They were published in the UK and the USA between 1954 and 1984. The articles reproduced are based on the records of what is the modern...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
6. Legal Regulation of British Company Accounts 1836-1900 (RLE Accounting)

   Volume 1

   Edited by J Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   In the UK today the form and content of accounts published by limited companies are closely regulated. In the 19th century the position was different: the popular view was that such matters were for private negotiation between owners and management. Nevertheless, there was a great deal of...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Reporting Fixed Assets in Nineteenth-Century Company Accounts (RLE Accounting)

   Edited by J. Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   This book focuses on the way in which businessmen responded to the new problem of accounting for fixed assets when measuring periodic profit. The book is divided into four sections: the first embraces items that examine asset valuation procedures in general use during the nineteenth century. The...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Accounting Innovation (RLE Accounting)

   Municipal Corporations 1835-1935

   Edited by Hugh Coombs, J. Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   The period 1835-1935 saw the development of the structure of local government which remains broadly intact today and also the growth of modern financial reporting procedures. This book examines the accounting implications of these developments and places them within the social and organisational...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. Recurring Issues in Auditing (RLE Accounting)

   Professional Debate 1875-1900

   Edited by Roy Chandler, J. Edwards

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

   This book gives a flavour of the issues that concerned auditing practitioners more than one hundred years ago and which retain a certain relevance to us today. The material is arranged chronologically and thereby emphasizes the interconnections between the issues as well as conveying the...

   To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge
10. Accountability of Local Authorities in England and Wales, 1831-1935 Volume 1 (RLE Accounting)

    Edited by Hugh Coombs, J. Edwards

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Accounting

    These books make available material relating to the statutory regulations covering the degree of accountability required from local authorities during the period 1834-1936. The bulk of historical accounting research has focused on the development of financial accounting although in recent years the...

    To Be Published October 14th 2013 by Routledge