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Contract accounting and costing in the Sunderland shipbuilding industry, 1818-1917

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Abstract

By the 1850s, Sunderland claimed to be the largest shipbuilding town in the world. This paper analyses the social, economic and organizational circumstances of the Sunderland shipbuilding industry and traces the development of contact accounting and costing in four of its firms.

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Author(s): McLean T

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Accounting, Business and Financial History

Year: 1995

Volume: 5

Issue: 1

Pages: 109-145

ISSN (print): 0958-5206

ISSN (electronic): 1466-4275

Publisher: Routledge

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