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Title: Edna Pearce Lockett: lady of the house.
Creator: Dooley, Terry L., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description: This thesis demonstrates how some women used the power of their ancestry and family name to run for political office, to become a positive role model for other women, and also to help pass laws favorable to the improvement of gender equality. Edna Pearce Lockett was unique, but also a reflection of the values of her community. Women who ran for office tended to have strong male figures in their lives that treated them as equals. They often were savvy enough to use the novelty of their gender...
Show moreThis thesis demonstrates how some women used the power of their ancestry and family name to run for political office, to become a positive role model for other women, and also to help pass laws favorable to the improvement of gender equality. Edna Pearce Lockett was unique, but also a reflection of the values of her community. Women who ran for office tended to have strong male figures in their lives that treated them as equals. They often were savvy enough to use the novelty of their gender to encourage positive press. Far from trying to be men, they accentuated their femininity through press accounts detailing their fashion sense, their dedication to feminine pursuits, and their ability to be ladies as well as serve their constituency. Edna Pearce Lockett's life also illustrates what society was like in central Florida during the first half of the 20th century for men and women living on and around the cattle industry.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186679
Subject Headings: Political and social views, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Women in politics, History, Feminism, History and criticism, Women, History, History
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Abraham Lincoln : the just magistrate, the representative statesman, the practical philanthropist : address.
Creator: Bullock, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton) 1816-1882, Hamilton, Charles 1828-1896
Abstract/Description: Caption title: Eulogy
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb22f28
Subject Headings: Biography, Eulogies, Presidents -- United States -- Death, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Assassination, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Ethics, Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- 19th century, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Political and social views, Memorials (Commemorative) -- 1865, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Moral and ethical aspects, Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Format: E-book

Title: Eulogy on the death of Abraham Lincoln : delivered before the City Council and citizens of Lowell, at Huntington Hall, April 19th, 1865.
Creator: Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall) 1818-1905, Stone & Huse
Abstract/Description: Cover title. "Published by resolution of the City Council."
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb22f27
Subject Headings: Biography, Presidents -- United States -- Death, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Assassination, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Influence, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Philosophy, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Political and social views, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Relations with African Americans, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery, Memorials (Commemorative) -- 1865, Eulogies
Format: E-book

Title: Hon. George Bancroft's oration, pronounced in New York, April 25, 1865, at the obsequies of Abraham Lincoln.
Creator: Bancroft, George 1800-1891, Bryant, William Cullen 1794-1878
Abstract/Description: Series note: The pulpit and rostrum : sermons, orations, popular lectures, etc. ; nos. 34 & 35, June, 1865. Series: Pulpit and rostrum ; nos. 34 & 35. Alternate title: Honorable George Bancroft's oration. President Lincoln's Second inaugural address, March 4th, 1865. Notes: Cover title. "Extra number, with portrait." Advertisement on page [1] at end for The American Educational Monthly, Schermemhorn [sic], Bancroft & Co., Publishers, New York. FAU Libraries' copy has original paper wrappers....
Show moreSeries note: The pulpit and rostrum : sermons, orations, popular lectures, etc. ; nos. 34 & 35, June, 1865. Series: Pulpit and rostrum ; nos. 34 & 35. Alternate title: Honorable George Bancroft's oration. President Lincoln's Second inaugural address, March 4th, 1865. Notes: Cover title. "Extra number, with portrait." Advertisement on page [1] at end for The American Educational Monthly, Schermemhorn [sic], Bancroft & Co., Publishers, New York. FAU Libraries' copy has original paper wrappers. Edges trimmed to 18 cm. FAU Libraries' copy has inscription on first page: To the N.J. Hist. Soc., from S.A. April 26. 1866. Oration pronounced in Union Square, April 25, 1865, at the funeral obsequies of Abraham Lincoln in the city of New York / by George Bancroft -- Ode for the funeral of Abraham Lincoln / by William Cullen Bryant -- President Lincoln's Emancipation proclamation, January 1st, 1863 -- President Lincoln's Second inaugural address, March 4th, 1865 [his last inaugural address].
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PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb22f35
Subject Headings: Eulogies, Presidents -- United States -- Death, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Death and burial, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Inauguration, 1865, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Political and social views, Presidents -- United States -- Inaugural addresses, Slavery -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Format: E-book

Title: The national security and the national faith; guarantees for the national freedman and the national creditor.
Creator: Sumner, Charles 1811-1874, Ticknor and Fields
Abstract/Description: Speech of Honorable Charles Sumner at the Republican state convention, in Worcester. FAU Libraries' copy has original printed wrappers; side stitched with cord.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb22f12
Subject Headings: African Americans -- Civil rights, American Civil War (1861-1865), Equality before the law -- United States, Freedmen -- United States, Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950, Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- Sources, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Republican Party (Mass.) -- State Convention -- (1865 : -- Worcester, Mass.), Slavery -- United States, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Format: E-book

Title: The nation's sacrifice : Abraham Lincoln. Two discourses, delivered on Sunday morning, April 16, and Wednesday morning, April 19, 1865,.
Creator: Mayo, A. D. (Amory Dwight) 1823-1907, Robert Clarke & Co.
Abstract/Description: Alternate title: Abraham Lincoln. Notes: Pamphlet, decorated wrappers. FAU Libraries' copy has original decorated wrappers; side stitched with cord.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb22f36
Subject Headings: Presidents -- United States -- Death, Eulogies, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Sermons, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Assassination, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Political and social views, Bible -- Psalms, CXII, 6 -- Sermons, Bible -- Hebrews, IX, 22 -- Sermons, Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Southern States -- Moral conditions -- Sermons, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sermons
Format: E-book

Title: The South--its resources and wants : embracing his address to the citizens of New Orleans.
Creator: Kelley, William D. (William Darrah) 1814-1890, Union Republican Congressional Committee
Abstract/Description: Text printed in two columns. FAU Libraries' copy has unopened pages.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb23f13
Subject Headings: Freedmen, Postwar reconstruction -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877), Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Southern States -- Economic conditions, Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1945, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century
Format: E-book

Title: Across the Empire: British women's travel writings and women's place in the British imperial project during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Creator: Wernecke, Katie., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description: Women in Britain in the nineteenth century were expected to fulfill the traditional roles of wife and mother as determined by British society. Over the course of the nineteenth century, these ideals evolved, but the core functions of wife and mother remained at the center. Woman's participation outside the household was limited. British women travelers during the nineteenth century found themselves in many different environments. By examining samples of women's travel narratives from various...
Show moreWomen in Britain in the nineteenth century were expected to fulfill the traditional roles of wife and mother as determined by British society. Over the course of the nineteenth century, these ideals evolved, but the core functions of wife and mother remained at the center. Woman's participation outside the household was limited. British women travelers during the nineteenth century found themselves in many different environments. By examining samples of women's travel narratives from various locations in the Empire, this study analyzes the daily lives of British women in the Empire and determines that, while maintaining their roles within the private sphere as wives and mothers, women's activities in the colonies were less restricted than they would have been in Britain.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361255
Subject Headings: Women authors, Feminism, History, Imperialism, History, Man-woman relationships, Colonies, History, Colonies, Administration, Colonies, Social conditions
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: GIving voice to historical trauma through storytelling: the impact of boarding school experience on American Indians.
Creator: Charbonneau-Dahlen, Barbara K., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Objectives: This study documented events contributing to historical trauma among American Indian mission boarding school survivors, described residual effects of that trauma, and verified the Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel model as a culturally appropriate tool that enhanced storytelling. Research Design and Methods: Nine women from two Upper Plains tribes were located through snowball sampling and participant referrals. A descriptive exploratory qualitative approach facilitated them in...
Show moreObjectives: This study documented events contributing to historical trauma among American Indian mission boarding school survivors, described residual effects of that trauma, and verified the Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel model as a culturally appropriate tool that enhanced storytelling. Research Design and Methods: Nine women from two Upper Plains tribes were located through snowball sampling and participant referrals. A descriptive exploratory qualitative approach facilitated them in relating their survival stories. Seven were tape-recorded and two were hand-written on the Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel, a model specifically designed for this study; this, combined with traditional spiritual grounding ceremonies, enhanced perspective for researcher and participants alike. Data Analysis: Liehr and Smith's (2008) Story Theory guided the methodology in the data gathering and analysis process using the Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel combined with taped and written storytelling sessions. Major themes were categorized and supported with interview quotes through inductive analysis of the two research questions: What were the health challenges faced by survivors of American Indian mission boarding schools over time?, and, How have American Indian mission boarding school survivors resolved the health challenges they have faced over time? The first theme, subdivided into Breaking and Silencing of Spirit, examined physical, mental, and sexual abuse. The second theme, Survival of Spirit, examined relationships/parenting, coping/substance abuse, and spirituality. Findings: The seven dimensions described in Lowe and Struthers' (2001) Nursing in Native American Culture Conceptual Framework provided the value structure used for interpretation of findings. Implications for practice and research were related to the seven dimensions as culturally appropriate parameters for nursing., Data analysis identified disturbing themes; unanticipated candor emerged, possibly owing to the fact that the researcher is a historical trauma survivor. Despite having survived historical trauma through the survival of the spirit, each participant struggles to resolve health challenges to this day. Unable to voice mission boarding school experiences for most of their adult lives, each affirmed the rediscovery of Native spirituality empowering; all expressed appreciation for traditional methods woven into storytelling sessions, particularly the Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel, and all indicated they experienced release and healing through telling their stories. Key words: American Indian; historical trauma; nursing; boarding school; Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2975245
Subject Headings: Psychic trauma in children, Treatment, Resilience (Personality trait), Identity (Psychology), Indians of North America, Cultural assimilation, Indians of North America, Social conditions, Indians of North America, Medical care, Boarding schools, History, Narrative therapy, Interpersonal relations in children, Psychological aspects
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Title: Gender Disparity: A view of Florida’s Correction System.
Creator: Kutikoff, Adam, Hauser, William, Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: Disparity in sentence length has long been a topic of discussion (Spohn, 2009). Though most research is aimed at disparity due to race, few studies utilize sex as a focal point (Crow & Kunselman, 2009; Embry & Lyons, 2012; Gavin, 2014; Hartley, Kwak, Park & Min-Sik Lee, 2011; Hasset-Walker, Lateano, Di Benedetto, 2014; Messing, 2008; Steffensmeier, Ulmer & Kramer, 1998). The focus of this study is to examine the effect of sex on sentence length, controlling for characteristics derived from...
Show moreDisparity in sentence length has long been a topic of discussion (Spohn, 2009). Though most research is aimed at disparity due to race, few studies utilize sex as a focal point (Crow & Kunselman, 2009; Embry & Lyons, 2012; Gavin, 2014; Hartley, Kwak, Park & Min-Sik Lee, 2011; Hasset-Walker, Lateano, Di Benedetto, 2014; Messing, 2008; Steffensmeier, Ulmer & Kramer, 1998). The focus of this study is to examine the effect of sex on sentence length, controlling for characteristics derived from the evil woman hypothesis, chivalry hypothesis, and focal concerns theory, to discuss the potential paternalism of the criminal justice system, which may cause potential sentence disparities (Daly, 1989; Nagel & Hagen, 1983; Steffensmeir, Ulmer, & Kramer, 1998). The findings indicate that women always receive a reduced sentence compared to male offenders, regardless of the crime type of past criminal offenses. The statistically significant results indicate that there is a need to review the criminal justice system and implement new polices such as judicial review to help stymie the differing sentences given (Spohn, 2009). If not, offenders will continue to receive differing sentences, based solely on extra-legal factors, such as the sex of the offender.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004818, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004818
Subject Headings: Florida.--Department of Corrections--Evaluation., Female offenders--Florida--Social conditions., Corrections--Florida--Evaluation., Criminal justice, Administration of--Florida--Evaluatioin., Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Florida., Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--Florida., Prison sentences--Florida.
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Title: Preaching to the choir: the culture war and the box office success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ.
Creator: Kuhn, Rebecca., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: In 2004, Mel Gibson released The Passion of the Christ, a film that focuses specifically on the events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Over a year before its release and well ahead of any studio publicity, the film and its director were at the center of a discussion that sparked criticism from biblical scholars, Jesus historians, and members of the media. In spite, or perhaps because, of this controversy, The Passion was well-received by its audiences if not by its critics....
Show moreIn 2004, Mel Gibson released The Passion of the Christ, a film that focuses specifically on the events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Over a year before its release and well ahead of any studio publicity, the film and its director were at the center of a discussion that sparked criticism from biblical scholars, Jesus historians, and members of the media. In spite, or perhaps because, of this controversy, The Passion was well-received by its audiences if not by its critics. This dissertation explores the cultural, political, and economic factors that led to the box office success of Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ and also examines why viewers identified with Jesus, the protagonist of the film. First, this project places the success of The Passion of the Christ in socio-historical and political-economic context of 2004, emphasizing the popularity of neoliberal economic policies, conservative political thought, and Evangelical Christianity. Second, this project explores the specific political and economic arrangements that facilitated the making of the film at Cinecitta studios in Rome. The ease with which Gibson was able to make The Passion outside of the United States is a direct result of neoliberal economic policies that emphasize free trade and, in the process, undermine trade unions and film industry laborers. Third, in addition to a macro- and micro-level political economic analysis of The Passion of the Christ, this project also examines the film as it fits into the horror genre. Horror not only seeks to elicit an immediate visceral reaction from audience members but also manifests the political and economic insecurities of society. Finally, this project connects the film text to these anxieties, including the war on terror, the war in Iraq, and an extended crisis of masculinity.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/359922
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Passion, History of doctrines, Christianity and culture, Motion pictures, Political and social aspects, Horror films, Criticism and interpretation
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Muslim Women: Between Culture and Feminism.
Creator: Alotaibi, Hanadi, Darlington, Patricia, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description: Women’s rights in Islam became a major subject after the third feminist movement in the United States. When feminism spread globally, many Islamic scholars connected it to Islam. Islamic feminism is a term that takes most of its ideologies from the two primary sources of Islam – the Quran and the Sunnah. This qualitative research explained the bias directed towards women in Islam by using objective reasoning through examples as well as by encompassing any misinterpretation of views regarding...
Show moreWomen’s rights in Islam became a major subject after the third feminist movement in the United States. When feminism spread globally, many Islamic scholars connected it to Islam. Islamic feminism is a term that takes most of its ideologies from the two primary sources of Islam – the Quran and the Sunnah. This qualitative research explained the bias directed towards women in Islam by using objective reasoning through examples as well as by encompassing any misinterpretation of views regarding women’s rights in Islam. The method used was a content analysis. The findings were that Islam is a feminist religion. While Islam provides Muslim women with full rights, U.S. and Saudi Arabian cultures have impeded Islamic feminism. Lastly, the U.S. feminism started as a movement by women to empower women. However, Islamic feminism first focused on the rights of all human beings, then concentrated on women in Islam.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004563, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004563
Subject Headings: Islam--21st century., Muslim women--Islamic countries--Social aspects., Women in Islam., Islam and secularism--History., Feminism--Islamic countries., Feminism--Religious aspects--Islam., Women's rights--Islamic countries., Equality before the law--Islamic countries.
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Title: Un puente hecho de tierra: un estudio comparativo de la visiâon indigenista del problema de la tierra en Balâun Canâan, por Rosario Castellanos, y "El problema del indio," por Josâe Carlos Mariâategui.
Creator: Modic, Blaire., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Abstract/Description: This thesis uncovers a deep and recurring link between two indigenista texts of the 20th Century: Balâun Canâan, by Rosario Castellanos, and "El problema del indio," by Jose Carlos Mariâategui. Mariategui's text, an essay, takes a deductive approach to prove that the "Indian's problem" in Peru is related to the concentration of land in the hands of his oppressors. Using Marxist theory, Mariâategui shows that only through more equitable distribution of land can the indigenous Peruvian's...
Show moreThis thesis uncovers a deep and recurring link between two indigenista texts of the 20th Century: Balâun Canâan, by Rosario Castellanos, and "El problema del indio," by Jose Carlos Mariâategui. Mariategui's text, an essay, takes a deductive approach to prove that the "Indian's problem" in Peru is related to the concentration of land in the hands of his oppressors. Using Marxist theory, Mariâategui shows that only through more equitable distribution of land can the indigenous Peruvian's fortunes be improved. Castellanos chooses the years of the Cardenas presidency (1934-1940) for her novel, a work that deals with the legacy of the Mexican Revolution. Set in Chiapas, Mexico, autobiographical and fictitious elements and characters dramatize a conflict over indigenous rights to land and education on a criollo family's enormous estate. Supported by intellectual criticism from a number of fields, this thesis connects episodes from Castellanos's novel with the core premises of Mariâategui's essay.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3170604
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Indians of Mexico, Government relations, Land tenure, Social aspects, Indians of South America, History, Agriculture, Economic aspects, History, Civilization
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Tramping: alternatives to traditional American rites of passage.
Creator: Saturno, Anthony Vincent, Brown, Susan Love, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: In America today, adolescent boys do not have a structured, ritualized or guided passage From boyhood into manhood. Many young men feel unsure of their manhood even at an age that signifies the transition. This causes young males to need a self--‐created rite of passage. Tramping, the act of travelling by train, hitchhiking or foot, is one way in which young males can independently achieve manhood. This is a literary account of the lives of Jack Kerouac, Chris McCandless, and Zebu Recchia....
Show moreIn America today, adolescent boys do not have a structured, ritualized or guided passage From boyhood into manhood. Many young men feel unsure of their manhood even at an age that signifies the transition. This causes young males to need a self--‐created rite of passage. Tramping, the act of travelling by train, hitchhiking or foot, is one way in which young males can independently achieve manhood. This is a literary account of the lives of Jack Kerouac, Chris McCandless, and Zebu Recchia. Their personal stories allow a detailed view of the advantages and disadvantages found in a self--‐created rite of passage. While two of the accounts are successful, in Chris McCandless’s case the rite ends in a transition to death.Tramping as a rite of passage to adulthood seems effective but the danger in self--‐ creation appears to be the lack of guidance that comes in unstructured rites of passage.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0004057
Subject Headings: Adolescence -- United States, Cotton, Eddy Joe -- Biography, Identity (Psychology) in adolescence, Kerouac, Jack -- 1922-1969 -- Biography, McCandless, Christopher Johnson -- 1968-1992 -- Biography, Roads -- Social aspects, Teenage boys -- Conduct of life, Teenage boys in popular culture, Tramps -- United States
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Title: Public Perception of Health Risks Related to Climate Change in Broward County, Florida.
Creator: Buck, Jeanmarie A. Steckler, Cameron, Mary, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Scholars agree that global climate change is a major threat to the physical environment, affecting all aspects of life on the planet. However, the general public do not feel that climate change is a major risk or threat, especially to humans. It is important to understand the public’s perception and opinions of climate change as it affects and influences the creation and passing of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies. Specifically, little is known about public perceptions in...
Show moreScholars agree that global climate change is a major threat to the physical environment, affecting all aspects of life on the planet. However, the general public do not feel that climate change is a major risk or threat, especially to humans. It is important to understand the public’s perception and opinions of climate change as it affects and influences the creation and passing of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies. Specifically, little is known about public perceptions in regards to the greater health risk imposed by global climate change. This study examines the public's perception of health risks related to climate change in Broward County, Florida by using mixed methods. An online survey was conducted along with in-person interviews with the general public and a physician. The study found majority of respondents to believe climate change affects health, but lacked an understanding of how it is harmful to their health. It also found that gender affects their perceptions and political ideology appears to have an effect, but the effect of socioeconomic status on their perceptions were unable to be determined at this time. Broward is just developing policies to adapt and mitigate the health effects of climate change.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004813, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004813
Subject Headings: Environmental health--Florida--Broward County., Health risk assessment--Florida--Broward County., Human beings--Effect of climate on., Climatic changes--Health aspects., Social change--Health aspects., Global warming--Health aspects., Public health surveillance--Florida--Broward County.
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Title: Magical Transformation or Illusion of Grandeur: The Development of Downtown West Palm Beach, 1985-2015.
Creator: Fine, Jeffrey G., Rose, Mark H., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
Abstract/Description: From 1985 to 2015, local politicians like Kenneth G. Spillias, Jan Winters, and Nancy M. Graham reshaped downtown West Palm Beach. They promised to eliminate urban blight, and turned a crime-ridden area of the city into an upper-middle class entertainment zone frequented by wealthy pleasure-seekers from throughout Palm Beach County. However, much of this transformation was an illusion. These politicians eliminated local taxpayers from the decision-making process by circumventing their votes,...
Show moreFrom 1985 to 2015, local politicians like Kenneth G. Spillias, Jan Winters, and Nancy M. Graham reshaped downtown West Palm Beach. They promised to eliminate urban blight, and turned a crime-ridden area of the city into an upper-middle class entertainment zone frequented by wealthy pleasure-seekers from throughout Palm Beach County. However, much of this transformation was an illusion. These politicians eliminated local taxpayers from the decision-making process by circumventing their votes, but subsequently taxed them to pay for the improvements. Furthermore, blight was not eliminated downtown, merely relocated to areas surrounding the entertainment zone. This resulted in ongoing tension between the mostly white patrons and business owners in the redeveloped area, and the primarily black residents in the dilapidated neighborhoods surrounding this development.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004825, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004825
Subject Headings: Palm Beach County (Fla.)--History, Local., Palm Beach County (Fla.)--Social life and customs., West Palm Beach (Fla.)--History, Local., West Palm Beach (Fla.)--Economic conditions., West Palm Beach (Fla.)--Politics and government., Urban renewal--Florida--West Palm Beach--History.
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Title: Mirror of desire: black dramatic representations of the Haitian revolution.
Creator: Velcy, Horldring, Dalleo, P. Raphael, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: This thesis analyzes three of the plays inspired by the Haitian Revolution and written by black playwrights. The first chapter covers William Edgar Easton’s Dessalines, a Dramatic Tale: A Single Chapter from Haiti’s History. It discusses Easton’s decision to depict Dessalines as a man of faith, a believer, a Christian. The second chapter employs Langston Hughes’ play, Troubled Island, to argue Dessalines’ modernity. The third play, by Saint Lucian playwright Derek Walcott, is The Haitian...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes three of the plays inspired by the Haitian Revolution and written by black playwrights. The first chapter covers William Edgar Easton’s Dessalines, a Dramatic Tale: A Single Chapter from Haiti’s History. It discusses Easton’s decision to depict Dessalines as a man of faith, a believer, a Christian. The second chapter employs Langston Hughes’ play, Troubled Island, to argue Dessalines’ modernity. The third play, by Saint Lucian playwright Derek Walcott, is The Haitian Earth. The thesis concludes with a brief discussion of his play and its contribution to black consciousness. I propose that the revolution plays a major role in World History, and argue that the Haitian Revolution served as a looking glass to many African Americans in search of a black identity.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004169, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004169
Subject Headings: Easton, William Edgar -- 1861- -- Dessalines, a dramatic tale : a single chapter from Haiti's history -- Criticism and interpretation, Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804, Haiti -- In literature, Hughes, Langston -- 1902-1967 -- Troubled island -- Criticism and interpretation, Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature, Walcott, Derek -- Haitian earth -- Criticism and interpretation
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Title: Smoothing out the rough edges: postcolonial spaces and postcolonial subjectivities in Le petit prince de Belleville and The celestial jukebox.
Creator: Anderson, Karyn H., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Abstract/Description: Both Calixthe Beyala's Le petit prince de Belleville, published in France in 1992, and Cynthia Shearer's The Celestial Jukebox, published in the United States in 2005, explore similar questions regarding the place of immigrants in increasingly multicultural societies. Gilles Deleuze and Fâelix Guattari's concept of - smoothness and - striation illuminates the settings of these two texts, helping demonstrate that the Parisian neighborhood of Belleville presents a striated space dominated by...
Show moreBoth Calixthe Beyala's Le petit prince de Belleville, published in France in 1992, and Cynthia Shearer's The Celestial Jukebox, published in the United States in 2005, explore similar questions regarding the place of immigrants in increasingly multicultural societies. Gilles Deleuze and Fâelix Guattari's concept of - smoothness and - striation illuminates the settings of these two texts, helping demonstrate that the Parisian neighborhood of Belleville presents a striated space dominated by State constraints, from which the residents yearn to break free, and the fictional town of Madagascar, Mississippi consists of relatively smooth space that allows for local improvisation and engenders insecurity. The stories of Loukoum and Boubacar illustrate how these two characters negotiate their respective spaces, with Loukoum creating a position thoroughly between striated majority French culture and the smoothness of his diasporic sphere and Boubacar functioning as a rhizomatic nomad, embarking on an autonomous journey of discovery.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186325
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Multiculturalism, Philosophy, Emigration and immigration, Political and social aspects, Place (Philosophy) in literature, Women authors, Black, Criticism and interpretation
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Title: Effects of academic advisor attire on community college student satisfaction with academic advising.
Creator: Beck, Rebecca Celeste, Florida Atlantic University, Kerensky, Vasil M.
Abstract/Description: The major purpose of this study was to determine if the attire of academic advisors would significantly affect students' satisfaction with their academic advisors. Academic advisors wore three types of attire: professional, casual, and a special uniform. The major concern was to determine if the student's first impression, as influenced by attire, of the academic advisor was significant in terms of satisfaction with the advising process. Data collected from 363 community college students were...
Show moreThe major purpose of this study was to determine if the attire of academic advisors would significantly affect students' satisfaction with their academic advisors. Academic advisors wore three types of attire: professional, casual, and a special uniform. The major concern was to determine if the student's first impression, as influenced by attire, of the academic advisor was significant in terms of satisfaction with the advising process. Data collected from 363 community college students were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). Based upon the statistical analyses, the researcher failed to reject all the null hypotheses. The attire of the academic advisors did not significantly affect the students' rating of satisfaction as measured by the sum of scores on the Student Evaluation of Counselor/Academic Advisor Form. There were no significant interactions between attire and age, attire and gender, and attire and race/ethnic origin. The major conclusion that can be drawn from this study is that student satisfaction with academic advisors is not significantly affected by the academic advisor's attire. Neither age, gender nor race/ethnic origin of the community college student had any impact or interaction with attire on satisfaction with the academic advisor. The literature review made a compelling statement that academic advisors do make a difference in retention of students. Future research could determine how the attire (casual, professional or uniform) of the academic advisor impacts the productivity of the institution, student satisfaction and how the dress of the academic advisor impacts the academic advisors' view of their competence, comfort and rapport with the student. Use of a semantic differential survey instrument could be employed. Perception of academic advisor's attire may be more complex than previously thought. The information obtained from this study may be more useful as stimuli to encourage further investigation.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12499
Subject Headings: Palm Beach Community College
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Mexican War. A Sermon delivered on the annual Thanksgiving at Conway, Mass., November 26, 1846.
Creator: Harris, Samuel 1814-1899, Merriam and Mirick
Abstract/Description: By Samuel Harris. FAU copy imperfect: disbound, pages loose, all edges trimmed.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb13f31
Subject Headings: Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Sermons, Thanksgiving Day addresses -- Massachusetts -- 1846, Thanksgiving sermons -- 1846 Nov. 26, Bible -- Habakkuk, II, 12 -- Sermons, Slavery -- United States -- Sermons, War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Sermons, United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849 -- Sermons, United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865 -- Sermons
Format: E-book

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