Estates, Enterprise and Investment at the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Estate management and accounting in the North East of England, c1700-1780
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- Author(s) Oldroyd, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2007
- Pages 217pp; illus
- Publisher Ashgate Publishing
- Place Published Aldershot
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- Name Accounting: internal issues inc costing, pricing, etc
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Analyses efficiency of landed estate management especially through the perspective of accounting procedures adopted in order to assess the role of landowners as early 'capitalists'. Focuses especially on the estates of the Bowes, Ridley and Cotesworth families with their very extensive coal extraction and trading interests. In particular explores the role of the estate steward in terms of contractual arrangements; investment planning and returns; labour management; and general behaviour and the assessment of their effectiveness as shown by accounting records