1. "Trading and profit and loss account," / Arthur H. Gibson -- 2. "Shipbuilders' accounts," / T.H. Warwick -- 3. "Engineering costs book-keeping," -- 4. "Notes on cost records : a neglected branch of accountancy," / John Mann -- 5. "Manufacturing costs," / Thomas Plumpton -- 6. "Manufacturing...

There is growing interest in the history of accounting amongst both accounting practitioners and accounting academics. This interest developed steadily from about 1970 and really 'took off' in the 1990s. However, there is a lack of texts dealing with major aspects of accounting history that can...