本书收录并翻译了安东尼·霍普伍德教授的六篇论文，这些论文都曾发表于国际很好会计刊物《会计、组织和社会》(Accounting, Organizations and Society)， 并收录于代表霍普伍德教授主要研究成果的论文集Accounting from the Outside: The Collected Papers of Anthony G. Hopwood。这些论文既有对霍普伍德教授研究成果的综述， 也有从组织、社会视角对会计的多样性及其作用进行的特定研究。除了每一篇论文本身研究成果的相关性外，本书对读者的启示和意义更在于其对研究方法的思考。
Observing the Accounting Craft
Towards an Organizational Perspective for the Study of Accounting
and Information Systems
On Trying to Study Accounting in the Contexts in Which It Operates
The Roles of Accounting in Organizations and Society
Accounting in Its Social Context ：Towards a History of Value Added
in the United Kingdom
The Archaeology of Accounting Systems
