Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-303) and index.
Pre-independent Georgia. Why Georgia? -- Before the caucasus -- The mountains of poetry -- Kazbegi -- The mountain -- Kazberg to Tbilisi -- Tbilisi -- Mtskheta -- Gori -- Vardzia -- Kakheti -- Svaneti -- Sukhumi -- Independent Georgia. The eve of independence -- The young shoots of war -- Batumi -- Khevsureti -- Georgia's war: a return to Sukhumi -- A religious revival -- Kutaisi -- New Georgia