What is Past is Prologue

This volume, originally published in 1997, reports the findings of extensive archival and contextual research into the surviving accounting and business records of some 200 British Industrial Revolution enterprises.

Richard K. Fleischman, Lee D. Parker

Preface; Tables; Figures; 1. Introduction 2. The Big Picture 3. The Industrial Revolution Iron Industry 4. The Textile Trades 5. The Extractive Industries 6. Carron Company: A Case Study 7. The Boulton & Watt Case 8. New Cost Accounting Perspectives on Technological Change in the British Industrial Revolution 9. Expanding the Dialogue: Industrial Revolution Costing Historiography 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Author Index; Firm Index; Subject Index