Reckoning boards;Tallies;Accounting machines -- History
How could our ancestors do accounting while they were still illiterate and had no paper? The answer is that they used the tally and the checkerboard. In medieval Europe, the tally was normally a short stick on which notches were cut to represent...
This bibliography is a continuation of those published in R. H. Parker (ed.) Bibliographies for Accounting Historians (New York, Arno Press, 1980). It has been drawn up upon the same principles and the arrangement is the same. Most items date from...
Dissertations abstracted are: Medieval Records of Ombersley Manor (Rentals and Court Rolls, 1300-1500) by Gabriele Pietro Scardellato; Gods, Godsagare Och Landbor 1450-1520: Studier i de senmedel-tida fralsegodsens funktion (Estates, Estate Holders...
Books reviewed are:Donald R. Adams, Jr., Finance and Enterprise in Early America: A Study of Stephen Girards Bank 1812-1831 Reviewed by Michelle Hamer; Fred Bateman, Editor, Business in the New South: A Historical Perspective (Reviewed by Horace R....
Books reviewed are: Philip D. Bougen, Accounting and Industrial Relations: Some Historical Evidence on Their Interaction Reviewed by Roxanne T. Johnson; Robert H. Frank, Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions Reviewed by Eric W....