M. P. Brodmann is Emeritus Professor in the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Zurich. R. Y. Sharp is Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Sheffield.

Review of the first edition: '… Brodmann and Sharp have produced an excellent book: it is clearly, carefully and enthusiastically written; it covers all important aspects and main uses of the subject; and it gives a thorough and well-rounded appreciation of the topic's geometric and algebraic interrelationships … I am sure that this will be a standard text and reference book for years to come.' Liam O'Carroll, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

• Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Notation and conventions; 1. The local cohomology functors; 2. Torsion modules and ideal transforms; 3. The Mayer–Vietoris sequence; 4. Change of rings; 5. Other approaches; 6. Fundamental vanishing theorems; 7. Artinian local cohomology modules; 8. The Lichtenbaum–Hartshorne Theorem; 9. The Annihilator and Finiteness Theorems; 10. Matlis duality; 11. Local duality; 12. Canonical modules; 13. Foundations in the graded case; 14. Graded versions of basic theorems; 15. Links with projective varieties; 16. Castelnuovo regularity; 17. Hilbert polynomials; 18. Applications to reductions of ideals; 19. Connectivity in algebraic varieties; 20. Links with sheaf cohomology; Bibliography; Index.

M. P. Brodmann is Emeritus Professor in the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Zurich. R. Y. Sharp is Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Sheffield.

Review of the first edition: '… Brodmann and Sharp have produced an excellent book: it is clearly, carefully and enthusiastically written; it covers all important aspects and main uses of the subject; and it gives a thorough and well-rounded appreciation of the topic's geometric and algebraic interrelationships … I am sure that this will be a standard text and reference book for years to come.' Liam O'Carroll, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

• Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Notation and conventions; 1. The local cohomology functors; 2. Torsion modules and ideal transforms; 3. The Mayer–Vietoris sequence; 4. Change of rings; 5. Other approaches; 6. Fundamental vanishing theorems; 7. Artinian local cohomology modules; 8. The Lichtenbaum–Hartshorne Theorem; 9. The Annihilator and Finiteness Theorems; 10. Matlis duality; 11. Local duality; 12. Canonical modules; 13. Foundations in the graded case; 14. Graded versions of basic theorems; 15. Links with projective varieties; 16. Castelnuovo regularity; 17. Hilbert polynomials; 18. Applications to reductions of ideals; 19. Connectivity in algebraic varieties; 20. Links with sheaf cohomology; Bibliography; Index.