ch. 1. Anisotropy in electron energy loss spectrometry -- ch. 2. The principles of XMCD and its application to L-edges in transition metals -- ch. 3. Chirality in electron energy loss spectrometry -- ch. 4. Momentum-resolved ELNES and EMCD of L[subscript 2,3] edges from the atomic multiplet theory -- ch. 5. XMCD spectra based on density functional theory -- ch. 6. Multiple-scattering theory and interpretation of XMCD -- ch. 7. Linear dichroism and the magic angle -- ch. 8. Sum rules in EMCD and XMCD -- ch. 9. EMCD techniques -- ch. 10. Artefacts and data treatment in EMCD spectra -- ch. 11. The role of the crystal in EMCD -- ch. 12. EMCD on the nanometre scale -- ch. 13. Magnetic dichroism in x-ray holography -- ch. 14. Prospects for spin mapping with atomic resolution.