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