This paper concentrates on accounting aspects arising from the development of the railways. Railways in nineteenth century Britain had a major influence in reshaping some of the legislative procedures in parliament, the development of the capital...
Accounting -- Southern states -- History;Bookkeeping -- Southern states -- History;Plantations -- Louisiana -- History;Minor, William J.
Very little information exists on the accounting methods and procedures of the great cotton and sugar plantations in the Southeastern United States during the period preceding the Civil War. Fortunately, one sugar planter, William J. Minor of...
Ice industry -- Cost accounting;Tudor Ice Company;Tudor, Frederic, 1783-1864
This paper describes selected accounting records of the Tudor Ice Company which were devised to manage and control the far-flung business activities of Frederic Tudor, a 19th century entrepreneur who has been called America's first monopolist....
Petroleum law and legislation -- United States; Petroleum products reserves -- Law and legislation; Emergency power supply; Petroleum reserves -- United States; Energy;
