Table of contents : Front Matter....Pages I-XXII Ergodic Transformation Groups and the Associated von Neumann Algebras....Pages 1-80 Approximately Finite Dimensional von Neumann Algebras....Pages 81-152 Nuclear C *-Algebras....Pages 153-204 Injective von Neumann Algebras....Pages 205-251 Non-Commutative Ergodic Theory....Pages 252-295 Structure of Approximately Finite Dimensional Factors....Pages 296-411 Subfactors of an Approximately Finite Dimensional Factor of Type II 1 ....Pages 412-493 Back Matter....Pages 495-548