  We present a proof of Chow's theorem using two results of Errett Bishop
retated to volumes and limits of analytic varieties. We think this approach
suggested a long time ago in the beautiful book by Gabriel Stolzenberg, is very
attractive and easier for students and newcomers to understand, also the theory
presented here is linked to areas of mathematics that are not usually
associated with Chow's theorem. Furthermore, Bishop's results imply both Chow's
and Remmert-Stein's theorems directly, meaning that this approach is more
economic and just as profound as Remmert-Stein's proof. At the end of the paper
there is a comparison table that explains how Bishop's theorems generalize to
several complex variables classical results of one complex variable.
