Over 200 books and articles on accounting history published 1969-1977 are listed in an annotated bibliography and assessed in Part I. Part II makes the following suggestions for future research: (i) more bibliographies (ii) influence of the economic environment on accounting development (iii) scientific revolutions in accounting (iv) causes of changes in accounting practice (v) diffusion of accounting innovations (vi) more quantitative accounting history (vii) more biographies including collective biographies (viii) development of international accounting firms (ix) development of academic accounting