Volume two of the two-volume set (see ISBN 0-8218-0819-2) covers the comparison theory of projection, normal states and unitary equivalence of von Newmann algebras, the trade, algebra and commutant, special representation of C*-algebras, tensor products, approximation by matrix algebras, crossed products, and direct integrals and decompositions. Originally published by Academic Press in 1986. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.