2007, English, Book, Illustrated edition: Estates, enterprise and investment at the dawn of the industrial revolution : estate management and accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780 / David Oldroyd. Oldroyd, David.

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Estates, enterprise and investment at the dawn of the industrial revolution : estate management and accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780 / David Oldroyd
 
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Physical Description
  • 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Published
  • Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Limited, c2007.
Language
  • English

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Title
  • Estates, enterprise and investment at the dawn of the industrial revolution : estate management and accounting in the North-East of England, c.1700-1780 /​ David Oldroyd.
Also Titled
  • Estate management and accounting in the North-East of England, circa seventeen hundred to seventeen hundred and eighty
Author
  • Oldroyd, David.
Published
  • Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Limited, c2007.
Physical Description
  • 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
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Summary
  • "In this study the management practice on estates in the north-east of England (c. 1700-1780) is examined through the lens of the accounts and supporting documentation. Accounts encompassed every aspect of estate operations from the housekeeper's groceries to the lead and coal mines, and thus provide direct evidence of the, underlying management systems over a diverse range of activities. The information flows on estates serve as an excellent medium for testing hypotheses concerning the management of estates and the attitudes of their owners and stewards.".
  • "Focusing on the surviving accounts of three leading gentry families, Bowes, Ridley and Cotesworth, who came from contrasting social backgrounds, two main issues' are addressed. The first concerns the productivity of estates. Were estates managed efficiently as productive investments, and more specifically, to what extent can the landowners and their stewards legitimately be described as capitalists? The second, related, question asks in what ways did accounting aid managerial activity at this early stage of industrial development?"--BOOK JACKET.
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
  • Concluding remarks
  • Return on investment
  • Cost control
  • Historical profit statements
  • Planning schedules
  • Labour process/​labour control
  • Labour control
  • Labour productivity
  • Labour supply
  • Theoretical explanations
  • Marx
  • Foucault
  • Behavioural aspects
  • Conclusion.
Notes
  • Formerly CIP.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
  • English
ISBN
  • 9780754634553 (alk. paper)
  • 0754634558 (alk. paper)
Dewey Number
  • 333.30942809033
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