Mattessich (accounting, emeritus, University of British Columbia, Canada) surveys the efforts that accounting academics, as well as theoretically inclined practitioners, have invested in
accounting research during a 200-year period. The book's main emphasis is on accounting research in the English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish languages; there are also chapters dealing
with research in Europe, Russia, Argentina, and Japan. A separate chapter summarizes research activity in the rest of the globe, including Eastern Europe, Israel, the Arab and African
countries, and India, China, and other countries of the Far East. A survey of the present state of the art of accounting looks at empirical and analytical accounting and touches on esoteric
subjects such as gender issues and the archaeology of accounting. The readership for the book includes practitioners, auditors, and students of accounting. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc.,
Portland, OR (booknews.com)
