Cover -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOUNTING IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT: A Festschrift in honour of R. H. Parker -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 DIVERSITY IN MERCANTILE ACCOUNTING IN WESTERN EUROPE, 1300-1800 -- 3 THE INFLUENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE PROFESSIONALISATION OF ACCOUNTANCY: The case of Richard Brown and The Society of Accountants in Edinburgh, 1892 - 6 -- 4 THE INCORPORATED INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANTS, VICTORIA (1886): A study of founders' backgrounds -- 5 PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVES ON PERSONAL CONDUCT: Images from the world of business, 1900 - 55 -- 6 THE ORIGINS OF THE NO-LIABILITY MINING COMPANY AND ITS ACCOUNTING REGULATIONS -- 7 ANOTHER LOOK AT THE DEPRIVAL VALUE APPROACH TO DEPRECIATION -- 8 THE END OF THE CURRENT COST REVOLUTION -- 9 PLAYING THE CONGRESSIONAL CARD ON EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS: A fearful escalation in the impact of economic consequences lobbying on standard setting -- 10 FOREIGN COMPANY LISTINGS ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE: Listing patterns and influential factors -- 11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH IN THE UK: The need to put 'accounting' back into it -- INDEX.