While advances in modem medicine largely parallel our understanding of morphology, discoveries in morphology are propelled by developments of new tools and means to visualize and measure tissue elements. The invention of dissecting, light, fluorescence and electron microscopes together with advances in labeling and staining techniques are among the stepping stones of morphological progress. Today, we are in an exciting new era when classical morphology is being combined with developments from other disciplines. The combination of morphology and immunology resulted in immunocytochemistry; morphology and molecular biology led to in situ hybridization and in situ PCR. Adding computer science to morphology gave birth to image analysis. Combining laser technology and the microsope evolved into confocal microscope. For more than a decade, modem morphology has continued to develop by merging with other disciplines at a rate that is still gathering momentum, providing exciting and dynamic new frontiers for other biological fields. "Modem Methods in Analytical Morphology," based largely on the "First International Workshop on Modem Methods in Analytical Histochemistry, "is an updated review of the current trends in the field. It covers an extensive array of new technical developments in major disciplines of modem morphology. The authors are not only leaders in their fields but also have extensive "hands on" experience with "bench work. " Their chapters are written in a comprehensive manner including discussion of both theoretical considerations and practical applications to give the readers a broad view of the topics covered.

The Use of Silver Stains in the Identification of Neuroendocrine Cell Types (L. Grimelius et al.). Quantitative Immunohistochemistry for the Investigation of Regulatory Peptides in Health and Disease (G. Terenghi, J.M. Polak). Immunogold-Silver Staining (IGSS) for Detection of Antigenic Sites and DNA Sequences (G.W. Hacker et al.). Single and Multiple Immunofluorescence: An Overview (C. HauserKronberger, G.W. Hacker). Immunocytochemistry of Wholemount Preparations (G.L. Ferri, R.M. Gaudio). Microwave Immunocytochemistry (J. Gu). Basic Principles of Immunohistopathology (G.W. Hacker et al.). Classification of Endocrine Tumors by Histochemical Techniques (E. Wilander). Cytology (S.K. Tang, A.S.Y. Leong). The Use of the Multiblock in Diagnostic Immunohistochemistry (W. Kraaz, L. Scheibenpflug). Immunohistochemical, Biochemical, and Physiological Characterization of Calciumbinding Proteins (A. Hermann, H.H. Kerschbaum). Preembedding Immunocytochemistry in Transmission Electron Microscopy (W. Kummer et al.). Postembedding Localization Methods for Electron Microscopy: Basic Approach and Protocols (P.M. Lackie, J. Roth). 12 additional articles. Index.

This edited volume places Jewish-Latin Americans within the context of Latin American and ethnic studies. It departs from traditional scholarship that segregates Jews as inhabitants "in" Latin America republics rather than as citizens "of" Latin American republics. The essays draw examples primarily from Argentina and Brazil, the two South American countries with the largest Jewish populations, and span from the late nineteenth century into the 1990s.

By giving primacy to the national identity of Jewish-Latin Americans, the essays included here emphasize human actors and accounts of lived experiences. Lesser and Rein's thought-provoking introduction outlines seven new formulations of the relationship between Jews, the nation-state, and their Diasporic experience. Individual contributors then pursue new perspectives of the Jewish experience, including those of the working class, labor organizing and anarchist activities, women, and the reconceptualization of racism and anti-Semitism.

"Contributors: "
Edna Aizenberg, Marymount Manhattan College of New York
Judah M. Cohen, Indiana University
Roney Cytrynowicz, the Arquivo HistA3rico Judaico Brasileiro
Sandra McGee Deutsch, University of Texas at El Paso
Donna J. Gu, Ohio State University
JosA(c) C. Moya, UCLA and Barnard College at Columbia University
Rosalie Sitman, Tel Aviv University
Natasha Zaretsky, Princeton University
Erin Graff Zivin, University of Pittsburgh