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Our goal in this paper is to compute the integral free loop space homology of $$(n-1)$$ -connected 2 n-manifolds. We do this when $$n\ge 2$$ and $$n\ne 2,4,8$$ , though the techniques here should cover a much wider range of manifolds. We also give partial information concerning the action of the Batalin-Vilkovisky operator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We answer a weaker version of the classification problem for the homotopy types of (n — 2)-connected closed orientable (2n — 1)-manifolds. Let n ≥ 6 be an even integer and let X be an (n — 2)-connected finite orientable Poincaré (2n — 1)-complex such that Hn-1 (X;ℚ) = 0 and Hn-1 (X;ℤ2) = 0. Then its loop space homotopy type is uniquely determined by the action of higher Bockstein operations on Hn-1 (X; ℤp) for each odd prime p. A stronger result is obtained when localized at odd primes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]