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.
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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 by David Oldroyd. ISBN 9780754634553. Published by Ashgate in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
