Irish accounting, business and financial history: a bibliographical essay

Margaret ó Hógartaigh

Accounting, Business and Financial History, 2008, vol. 18, issue 1, pages 7-19

Abstract: Historians have engaged with accounting and business archives primarily in the areas of social and economic history. While much economic and social history draws on macro-economic data, micro-level sources have cast new light on old historical problems such as the Great Famine (1845-51) and the development of trade in Ireland and between Ireland and abroad. This paper traces the contributions of historians of Ireland to our understanding of accounting, business and financial history and maps out potential areas of research for accounting and business historians in the light of earlier and current trends in historical research. Adopting a historians' perspective, the paper will also provide a historical background and suggest potential bibliographical and archival sources to present and future accounting and business historians with a view to enhancing and enriching our understanding of the context in which accounting and business is situated in Ireland.

Keywords: accounting; bibliography; business; economics; history; Ireland (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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