Universal Algebra heralded as ." . . the standard reference in a field notorious for the lack of standardization . . .," has become the most authoritative, consistently relied on text in a field with applications in other branches of algebra and other fields such as combinatorics, geometry, and computer science.

Each chapter is followed by an extensive list of exercises and problems. The "state of the art" account also includes new appendices (with contributions from B. Jonsson, R. Quackenbush, W. Taylor, and G. Wenzel) and a well selected additional bibliography of over...