Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-334) and indexes
Basic results on soluble and nilpotent groups -- Nilpotent groups -- Soluble linear groups -- Soluble groups of finite rank -- Finiteness conditions on abelian subgroups -- The theory of finitely generated soluble groups II -- Centrality in finitely generated soluble groups -- Algorithmic theories of finitely generated soluble groups -- Cohomological methods in infinite soluble group theory -- Finitely presented soluble groups -- Subnormality and solubility