The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: Vol. 2: Mesoamerica, Part 1.; The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: Vol. 2: Mesoamerica, Part 2.

The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: Vol. 2: Mesoamerica, Part 1. Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo J. MacLeod. eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 571 pp.
The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: Vol. 2: Mesoamerica, Part 2. Richard E. W. Adams and Murdo J. MacLeod. eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 455 pp.     

Aztec Imperial Strategies

Aztec Imperial Strategies. Frances F. Berdan. Richard E. Blanton. Elizabeth Hill Boone. Mary G. Hodge. Michael E. Smith. and Emily Umberger. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, 1996. 392 pp.     

Ghosts and Shadows: Construction of Identity and Community in an African Diaspora.

Ghosts and Shadows: Construction of Identity and Community in an African Diaspora. 2nd edition. Atsuko Matsuoka and John Sorenson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. 261 pp.     

Afro/Creole: Power, Opposition, and Play in the Caribbean

Afro/Creole: Power,. pposition, and Play in the Caribbean. Richard D. E. Burton. Idiaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1997.298 pp.     

Anthropology and History in Southern Europe

Sacrificed for Honor: Italian Infant Abandonment and the Politics of Reproductive Control . David I. Kertzer
E1 Castillo: The Politics of Tradition in an Andalusian Town . Richard Maddox     

Ancient Oaxaca

Ancient Oaxaca. Richard E. Blanton. Gary M. Feinman. Stephen A. Kowalewski. and Linda M. Nicholas. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 153 pp.     

Book notices

INSECT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE AMATEUR. By Peter E. Lindsley
BIOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATfON: THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF IDENTIFICATION METHODS IN BIOLOGY. By R. J. Pankhurst
THE BEETLES OF AMERICA. By Richard Headstrom     

Book Reviews

E. Richard Gold Body Parts: Property Rights and the Ownership of Human Biological Materials
Carson Strong Ethics in Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine: A New Framework
Kazumasa Hoshino Japanese and Western Bioethics: Studies in Moral Diversity     

Does copper (II) ethylenediaminetetraacetate disproportionate superoxide?

W. M. Willingham and J. R. J. Sorenson have recently reported [1988) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 150, 252-258) that the Cu(II)EDTA complex catalyzes the dismutation of O-2 and thereby call into question several earlier reports. These authors concluded that the widespread use of EDTA to suppress dismutation of O-2 by adventitious Cu(II) and other metals, during assays for superoxide dismutase, is unsound. We have undertaken a clarification of this issue by examining the ability of Cu(II)EDTA to catalyze the dismutation of O-2 and have found this complex to be devoid of this activity at pH 6.0 or at 7.8; whether assayed by the cytochrome c or the nitroblue tetrazolium assays. The probable reasons for the results of Willingham and Sorenson and some peculiarities of the nitroblue tetrazolium assay have been explored.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Crucible of Creation. The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals, by Simon Conway Morris
Biology by Numbers. An encouragement to quantitative thinking, by Richard F. Burton
The New Oxford Book of Food Plants, by J.G. Vaughan and C.A. Geissler, illustr. by B.E. Nicholson, E. Dowle & E. Rice.     

Cheyenne Dog Soldiers: A Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat

Cheyenne Dog Soldiers:. Ledgerbook History of Coups and Combat. Jean Afton. David Fridtjof Halaas. and Andrew E. Masich. with Richard N. Ellis. Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1997.400 pp.     

Book Reviews

Environmental Effects of Mining Earle A. Ripley, Robert E. Redmann, and Adele A. Crowder .
Managing Habitats for Conservation William J. Sutherland and David A. Hill, editors.
The Ecology of Woodland Creation Richard Ferris-Kuan, editor.     

The Machete and the Cross: Campesino Rebellion in Yucatan: The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom: Río Azul: An Ancient Maya City

The Machete and the Cross: Campesino Rebellion in Yucatan. Don E. Dumond. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997.571pp.
The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom. Grant D. Jones. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998.568 pp.
Río Azul: An Ancient Maya City. Richard E. W. Adams. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1999. 238 pp.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
THE DIVERSITY OF FISHES. By Gene S. Helfman, Bruce B. Colleteand Douglas E. Facey.
DEEP-SEA FISHES. Edited by David J. Randall and Anthony P. Farrell.
DEEP-SEA DEMERSAL FISH AND FISHERIES. By Nigel R. Merrett and Richard L. Haedrich.     

The structures of life: proteins and nucleic acids a symposium honoring the career of professor Richard E. Dickerson

A symposium organized by Professor David Eisenberg of UCLA in celebration of the 70th birthday of Professor Richard E. Dickerson was held on October 7, 2001 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Many distinguished colleagues, present and former students, and family of Professor Dickerson were in attendance.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Neurobiology of Glycoconjugates edited by Richard U. Margolis and Renée K. Margolis.
Transmembrane Signalling, Intracellular Messengers and Implications for Drug Development edited by Stefan R. Nahorski.
Brain Imaging Techniques and Applications edited by N. A. Sharif and M. E. Lewis.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
THE SUMATRAN RHINOCEROS, DICERORHMUS SVMATRENSIS (Fisher, 1814) IN THE GUNUNG LEUSER NATIONAL PARK, SUMATRA, INDONESIA; ITS DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION. By Nico J. van Strien. Mammalia Depicta Volume 12
SOCIAL ODOURS IN MAMMALS. Edited by Richard E. Brown & David W. Macdonald     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Introduction to Social Psychology. E. Llewellyn Queener.
The Development of Human Behavior. Richard Dewey and W. J. Humber.
Social Psychology. Solomon E. Asch.
Social Psychology: An Analysis of Human Behavior. Leonard W. Doob.
Social Psychology. Robert E. L. Faris.
Fundamentals of Social Psychology. Eugene L. and Ruth E. Hartley.
Readings in Social Psychology. Prepared for the Committee on the Teaching of Social Psychology of The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Revised Edition. Editorial Committee: Guy E. Swanson, Theodore M. Newcomb, Eugene L. Hartley, and others.     

Tyrosine kinase activation in response to fungal spores is primarily dependent on endogenous reactive oxygen production in macrophages

Studies from our laboratory (Shahan, T. A., Sorenson, W. G., and Lewis, D. M. (1994) Environ. Res. 67, 98-104) demonstrated that spores from different fungal species differentially activate rat alveolar macrophages as detected by the measurement of superoxide anion and cytokine production (Shahan, T. A., Siegel, P. D., Sorenson, W. G., Kuschner, W. G., and Lewis, D. M. (1998) Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 18, 435-441). Spores from Aspergillus candidus stimulated production of the highest levels of superoxide anion (5.2 nmol/1.0 x 10(6) alveolar macrophages (AMs)/30 min), followed by those from Aspergillus niger (2.4 nmol/1.0 x 10(6) AMs/30 min) and Eurotium amstelodami (0.4 nmol/1.0 x 10(6) AMs/30 min). The mechanism of this differential activation was studied. Our data demonstrate that the tyrosine kinases p56(Hck), p72(Syk), p77(Btk), p62(Yes), p56(Lck), and p59(Fyn) were specifically activated in response to spores from A. candidus, whereas spores from either A. niger or E. amstelodami activated p56(Hck), p72(Syk), and p77(Btk). Kinetic analysis of specific tyrosine kinases demonstrated that p56(Hck), p72(Syk), and p77(Btk) were activated faster and to a greater extent by spores from A. candidus as compared with spores from E. amstelodami. These data suggest a relationship between reactive oxygen species and tyrosine kinase activation. Treatment of AMs with H(2)O(2) (1 mM) caused the activation of p72(Syk) only, whereas treatment with superoxide dismutase and catalase before treatment with the spores had no effect on tyrosine kinase activation. Incubation with NADPH oxidase inhibitors inhibited both superoxide anion production and the activation of p56(Hck), p72(Syk), and p77(Btk) in response to fungal spores. These data indicate that endogenous reactive oxygen species are necessary for the activation of p56(Hck), p72(Syk), and p77(Btk) by spores; they also indicate that some species of spores are capable of activating tyrosine kinases independent of superoxide anion.