Dissertations abstracted are: Die Muenzpraegung des Kaisers Nerva by E. Szaivert; The Economics of Food Production on Roman Imperial Estates in North Africa by Dennis Patrick Kehoe; A Retreat from the Wilderness: Pattern in the Domestic...
Books reviewed are: Carl Thomas Devine, Inventory Valuation and Periodic Income Reviewed by Dale Buckmaster; Bruce E. Gelsinger, Icelandic Enterprise: Commerce and Economy in the Middle Ages Reviewed by Roxanne Johnson; Edward Thomas Jones, Jones's...
Numerals -- History;Accounting -- History;Bookkeeping -- History
The general adoption of "Arabic" numerals by European bookkeepers occurred at least five hundred years after their introduction to the scholarly world. The early availability yet late adoption of this numeration is shown to be due to several...