Doing Accounting History : Contributions to the Development of Accounting Thought

by Fleischman; Radcliffe; Shoemaker

• ISBN13: 9780762309832
• ISBN10: 0762309830
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-06-06
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Summary

Collection of eleven essays on topics such as the finding and utilization of archival materials; the growing importance of the Internet in historical research; the Accounting Research Database as a vital, contemporary finding aid; and the possibilities for joint venturing with accounting practitioners and their organizations.

Table of Contents

Preface
Divergent Streams of Accounting History: A Review and Call for Confluence	p. 1
Archival Research Methodology	p. 31
Accounting Historiography Using Ancient Sources: Problems and Rewards	p. 49
The Theory/Practice Schism in Cost Accounting History: New Insights from Archival Research	p. 63
Histories Outside the Mainstream: Oral History and Non-Traditional Approaches	p. 81
Biographical Research in Accounting	p. 97
Business History and its Implications for Writing Accounting History	p. 121
On Integrating Empirical and Historical Accounting Research	p. 147
Involving Practitioners in Accounting History: Autobiographical Vignettes	p. 163
The Use of the Internet in Accounting Research	p. 185
The Accounting Historians Journal Index: Employing the Accounting Research Database to Profile and Support Research	p. 203
Subject Index	p. 217
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