I. The Caucasus and Nationality
A. The Caucasus and Ethnicity
B. A Taxonomy of Ethnic Identity
C. Ethnic or Political Conflict?

II. The Ethnic Situation in the Northern Caucasus
A. Adygea, Karachai-Cherkessia, and Karbardin-Balkaria
B. Ossetia, Ingushetia and Chechnya
C. Dagestan

III. The Social and Economic Context of Caucasian Development

IV. Lessons for Avoiding Inter-Ethnic Conflict

Notes and References