This book is a standard in this area of mathematics and is invaluable for historical background.

Table of Contents

• Elementary concepts; characterizations of \(\overline E^1\) and \(S^1\)
• Locally connected spaces; fundamental properties of the euclidean \(n\)-sphere
• Peano spaces; characterizations of \(S^2\) and the 2-manifolds
• Non-metric \(LC\) spaces, with applications to subsets of the 2-sphere
• Basic algebraic topology
• Local connectedness and local co-connectedness
• Application of homology and cohomology theory to the theory of continua
• Generalized manifolds; dualities of the Poincar\'e and Alexander type
• Further properties of \(n\)-GMS; regular manifolds and generalized \(n\)-cells
• Submanifolds of a manifold; decomposition into cells
• \(Lc^k\) subsets of an \(n\)-GM
• Accessibility and its applications
• endix. Some unsolved problems