Take the 2-minute tour ×  I intend to try working through
Bredon's seminal sheaf theory text prior to graduating (I am
currently a second year undergraduate), but it is at a level
which is far beyond my own (friends of mine who study algebraic
topology have gone until their second and third years as
graduate students before touching it). However, I am interested
in algebraic geometry (though the material treated in Bredon's
text is certainly of relative interest to me) and find Bredon's
"Topology and Geometry" to be a superb treatment of the algebro-
topological tools which may have some utility in my future
studies (Bredon takes a more geometric approach). Is there
another text which might be a better 'crash course' on algebraic
topology for someone at my level (a bit of algebra, analysis,
and point-set topology, with a good deal of category theory), or
am I on the right track with Bredon's text? Thanks!
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