List of plates, figures, and tables.
Acknowledgements.
Preface to third edition.
Introduction.
1. The legacy of power.
2. The population.
3. Government.
4. Town and country.
5. External relations.
6. Internal division.
7. The failure of the republics.
8. The historiography of the City-Republics.
Notes and references.
Bibliography.
Historical Gazetteer.
Index.