Recently added articles from Accounting History:
Editorial
Aug 01, 2009; ... Featuring five articles and three book reviews, this issue of Accounting History continues the journal's exploration of diverse themes and settings for accounting history scholarship. England and the public sector are the focus of the contribution by Burrows and Cobbin, who examine the ...
Controlling government expenditure by external review: The 1921-2 "Geddes Axe"
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract The Lloyd George-appointed Committee on National Expenditure (Geddes Committee), charged with reducing projected 1922-3 Supply Expenditure by £100m comprised outstanding businessmen who employed an extraordinary range of techniques and approaches, some of great antiquity (but ...
The end of the disinterested profession: The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the union corruption scandals, 1957-62
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract American accounting histories of the mid-twentieth century have long focused on the development of accounting standards. With the exception of the events surrounding the New Deal, there has been a reliance on memoirs and official histories for analysis of the accounting ...
Accounting for the "good administration of justice": The Farnese State of Abruzzo in the sixteenth century
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract Accounting historians have rarely investigated the role of accounting in the administration of justice. Drawing on Foucault's "governmentality" framework, this article explores the 1571 Ordinances enacted by Margaret of Austria that specifically regulated and shaped the ...
Researching shareholding and investment in England and Wales: Approaches, sources and methods
Aug 01, 2009; ... Abstract There is considerable scope for increasing the understanding of the history of share ownership. Existing studies of shareholders in the UK are limited in the industries, time periods and shareholder populations they study. This article outlines the methods used by the authors in ...