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Tables of Contents for Accounting for Steam and Cotton
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
xi
2
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
xiii
INTRODUCTION
3
6
A Note on Spelling and Measurement
6
3
CHAPTER 1 THE STATE OF THE ART
9
28
Management Accounting in the Industrial Revolution
9
2
Accounting for Management
11
1
Accounting in the Eighteenth Century
12
11
Manufacture
23
6
The Establishment of the Factory System of Manufacture
29
8
CHAPTER 2 THE PEOPLE
37
40
The Eighteenth Century
40
1
New Philosophies
41
6
Sources of Capital in the Industrial Revolution
47
1
Religion as an Influence in the Development of Manufacturing
48
10
The New Industrialists
58
8
Networks
66
7
Conclusion
73
4
CHAPTER 3 SAMUEL OLDKNOW
77
76
Introduction
77
2
The Records of Samuel Oldknow
79
5
An Overview of Oldknow's Business Activities
84
11
OLDKNOW'S ACCOUNTING
95
1
Outworkers
95
15
FACTORY PRODUCTION
110
1
Recording Employees
110
15
Recording the Product
125
16
Profitability
141
3
Other Business at Mellor
144
1
Summary
145
8
CHAPTER 4 JAMES WATT JNR
153
74
Introduction
153
1
James Watt jnr
154
1
James Watt jnr's Early Life
155
1
Some Influences on James Watt jnr
155
1
Education
156
2
James Watt jnr in Manchester
158
1
James Watt jnr in France
159
2
Home in England
161
1
Watt's Introduction to Business
162
3
The Steam Engine Business
165
2
Soho Foundry
167
3
The Organisation of the Soho Foundry
170
1
The Accounting System of the Soho Foundry
171
2
The Organisation of the Accounting Records at the Soho Foundry
173
2
The Operating Departments
175
4
Costing Records
179
12
Internal Control
191
1
Accounting Information as a Basis for Calculation
191
14
Prices
205
10
Buildings and Equipment
215
1
Other Calculations
216
2
Summary
218
9
CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION
227
10
How Accounting Assisted Management
233
2
Accounting as an Expression of Objectivity
235
2
APPENDIX
237
8
Samuel Oldknow's Obituary
238
3
Profit and Loss Account - Soho Foundry
241
2
Journal Entry
243
2
BIBLIOGRAPHY
245
34
INDEX
279