Harold Cecil Edey : a collection of unpublished material from a 20th century accounting reformer

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Persson, Martin E.

Publisher

Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2019

Language

English

ISBN

9781789736694

Series

Studies in the development of accounting thought Vol. 23

Subject(s)

• ACCOUNTING
• EDEY, HAROLD C., 1913-2007

Notes

• Emerald Busines Management and Economics Ebooks 2019
• Includes bibliographical references

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Abstract

Harold Cecil Edey (1913-2007) and his colleagues David Solomons (1912-1995) and William T. Baxter (1907-2006) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) were instrumental in the development of British accounting thought in the mid-1900s. These three influential scholars influenced a generation of students who came to populate the British accounting profession and academia to the point where, in the early 1970s, half of all full-time accounting professors in the United Kingdom were LSE alumni. Edey's role in these developments, however, remains relatively underappreciated. This edited volume contains 13 of Edey's unpublished manuscripts written during the heyday of the LSE Triumvirate. These manuscripts address issues of accounting education, measurements, and theory, and they are accompanied by editorial comments that put the material in its historical context. The volume also contains an aide-mmoire of Edey's professional activities and a complete bibliography of his published work. The material offers new insight into Edey's contribution to the British accounting profession, and developments at the LSE, during a critical period of academic expansion and struggle to address the problem of accounting for rising inflation. The material is of value to anyone interested in the development of accounting thought.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xiii, 135 p.)

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Prelims
Chapter 1: Accounting and the Imagination
Chapter 2: Hire Purchase
Chapter 3: Double Entry and Electronics
Chapter 4: Asset Values, Depreciation, Profit and Management Information
Chapter 5: Valuation
Chapter 6: The Teaching of Accounting and Financial Management
Chapter 7: Special Characteristics of Accounting in Great Britain
Chapter 8: Economics and Accounting
Chapter 9: Depreciation and Price Control
Chapter 10: Current Cost Accounting
Chapter 11: Implications of Cash Flow Accounting for Management
Chapter 12: The 130-Year Lag
Chapter 13: Financial Accounting: Thoughts for the Future or Random Thoughts on a Well-Worn Topic
Appendix 1: Aide-Mémoire
Appendix 2: Publications
References

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