Accounting innovation: Municipal corporations 1833-1935

Coombs, Hugh and Edwards, John Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1526-8523, eds. 1996. Accounting innovation: Municipal corporations 1833-1935. New York, NY: Garland Publishing. 10.4324/9781315883397

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

The period 1835-1935 saw the development of the structure of local government which remains broadly intact today and also the growth of modern financial reporting procedures. This book examines the accounting implications of these developments and places them within the social and organisational contexts in which the events took place. The research is based on the contents of government reports, contemporary literature dating from the mid 1870s and the archival records of five municipal corporations – Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff and Manchester.

Item Type:	Book - edited
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Publisher:	Garland Publishing
ISBN:	(10) 0815322445 (e) 9781315883397
Last Modified:	09 Feb 2026 16:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/58788

Actions (repository staff only)

Edit Item