Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

The work and I are in debt to many To the authors, editors and publishers of books, periodicals and other material acknowledged in the Source Index. To the collections of national, regional, professional association and university libraries, at home and abroad, and to helpful librarians. To colleagues and associates who have drawn attention to some useful sources, and given access to material in their own collections. To those who kindly offered opinions on the scope and the utility of the work. To The University of Sydney, for physical means and an environment congenial to the preparation of the work. To The Accounting Foundation within The University of Sydney, for a subvention towards the costs of preparation and publication. To Elsevier Science and its editors, for undertaking publication of a volume without precedent in its field. To Murray Wells, for mediation and aid in negotiation with the Publisher. To Graeme Dean, for providing help in a variety of ways in processing the material from raw to publishable form. To Margaret, for abiding patience, especially over the past decade of my preoccupation with the work. R. J. Chambers December 1994

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