From the Book - First U.S. edition.
An Introduction: Setting the scene for contemplation, on a bollard in Trieste
1. Holy Symptoms: Sacred complexities of Europe, starting with paganism, ending with art
2. The Mishmash: Europe's ethnic and geographical confusion, embracing frontiers, minorities, enclaves, islands, anomalies and miscellaneous surprises
3. Nations, States and Bloody Powers: The mess the Europeans have made of their continent, country by country
4. The Internet: Despite itself, Europe is bound together by habit and technique
5. Spasms of Unity: Six auempts to make a whole of Europe, from the Holy Roman Empire to the European Union
An Epilogue: Wry smiles and brave hopes, back on the Trieste waterfront.
