Biography as a type of accounting history is worthy of research effort. However, it is very important that the researcher realize that he is undertaking a formidable task. The biographer should study the basic psychological and behavioral patterns...
In this paper, an author discovers his heritage: the income taxes which evolved in the South of the United States during the nineteenth century. These taxes are of interest because many tax concepts which are now taken for granted were developed...
Discounted cash flow;Valuation;Shelton Iron and Steel Company;Shelton Collieries and Ironworks;Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Company
In 1889 the Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Company Limited was incorporated to take over the assets and business activities of two existing companies. To guide the contracting parties in negotiating a price to be paid for the properties belonging to...
Books reviewed are: Stuart W. Bruchey. Robert Oliver and Merchantile Bookkeeping in the Early Nineteenth Century Reviewed by Robert Bloom; Deloitte & Co. 1845-1956 Reviewed by Hans V. Johnson; Martin M. Crow and Clair C. Olson (eds.), Chaucer...
Anecdotes;Accounting -- History -- Bibliography;Accounting -- History -- Correspondence
Subtitles are: Contact Notes; Historical Antecedents: Historical Potpourri; History in Print; Letters; Out of the Past; Research Resources; Through the Ages
Accounting firms -- United States -- History;Accounting -- United States -- History -- 20th century
This paper examines the growth and changing role of the accounting profession in the United States from 1900 to 1990 with special emphasis on "Big Eight" accounting firms. Major political, economic, and social events of the period and their...
