The Accounting Historians Journal
Fall 1978
Volume 5, Number 2

The Birmingham Publishing Company
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Birmingham, Alabama 35203

THE ACCOUNTING HISTORIANS JOURNAL
Semiannual Publication of The Academy of Accounting Historians
Volume 5, Number 2    Fall 1978

CONTENTS

Feature Articles

Wandering Into Accounting — Notes on a Writing Career – A. Paton
Management Science and the Development of Human Resource Accounting – Shahid L. Ansari and Diana T. Flamholtz
Standard Costing and Scientific Management – R. C. Hallbauer
Whether Malcolm’s is Best or Old Charge & Discharge — D. A. R. Forrester

Historical Nuggets

On the Present and Future Importance of Accounting  History — Wichita State Seminar
An 18th Century Accounting Projection from Plymouth, Massachusetts — William Holmes
Management Accounting Literature: 1925 and 1975 — C. Haseman
Income and Outlay (1889) — Charles E. Sprague

Book Reviews

Historians’ Fallacies
History of the Accountancy Profession in India
A History of Accounting Thought
Institution of Public Accountants in Ancient Greece
Geschichtliche Betrachtungen zus Bilanztheorie bis zum AlIgemeinen deutschen Handelsgesetzbuch
lndex to Federal Tax Articles

Research and Publication Features

Doctoral  Dissertation Abstracts – Maloo, Galliart,
Frey, McClure, Hughes, Lambert, Dillon
Announcements