Estates, enterprise and investment at the dawn of the industrial revolution : estate management and accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700 - 1780

Introduction -- Industry and estates on Tyneside -- Development of estate accounting in England -- Estates as productive/non-productive investments -- Accounting as an effective/ineffective aid to management -- Estate organization and reporting needs -- Role of the proprietor -- Integration -- Technical characteristics -- White-Ridleys -- Cotesworths -- Accounting knowledge base -- Colliery viewers -- Contractual arrangements -- Organizational link -- Leasing -- Subcontracting -- Direct mining -- Partnerships -- Legal underpinning -- Internal audit -- White-Ridleys -- Cotesworths -- Concluding remarks -- Return on investment -- Cost control -- Historical profit statements -- Planning schedules -- White-Ridleys -- Cotesworths -- Concluding remarks -- Labour process/labour control -- Labour control -- Labour productivity -- Labour supply -- Theoretical explanations -- Marx -- Foucault -- Concluding remarks -- Behavioural aspects -- White-Ridleys -- Cotesworths -- Concluding remarks -- Conclusion