Estates, enterprise and investment at the dawn of the industrial revolution : estate management and accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780 /

Estates, enterprise and investment at the dawn of the industrial revolution : estate management and accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oldroyd, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
Series:Modern economic and social history series.
Subjects:
Administration of estates > England, North East > History > 18th century.
Industries > England, North East > History > 18th century.
Saving and investment > England, North East > History > 18th century.
England, North East > Economic conditions.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Industry and estates on Tyneside
  • Development of estate accounting in England
  • Estates as productive/non-productive investments
  • Accounting as an effective/ineffective aid to management
  • Estate organization and reporting needs
  • Role of the proprietor
  • Integration
  • Technical characteristics
  • White-Ridleys
  • Cotesworths
  • Accounting knowledge base
  • Colliery viewers
  • Contractual arrangements
  • Organizational link
  • Leasing
  • Subcontracting
  • Direct mining
  • Partnerships
  • Legal underpinning
  • Internal audit
  • White-Ridleys
  • Cotesworths
  • Concluding remarks
  • Return on investment
  • Cost control
  • Historical profit statements
  • Planning schedules
  • White-Ridleys
  • Cotesworths
  • Concluding remarks
  • Labour process/labour control
  • Labour control
  • Labour productivity
  • Labour supply
  • Theoretical explanations
  • Marx
  • Foucault
  • Concluding remarks
  • Behavioural aspects
  • White-Ridleys
  • Cotesworths
  • Concluding remarks
  • Conclusion.