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- "Los pueblos, vibrantes y triunfantes en un hombre": Cultos a la personalidad y aislamiento en Corea del Norte y Cuba.
- Creator
- Trifoi, Bianca, Vázquez, Miguel Ángel, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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This paper argues that Kim Il-Sung of North Korea and Fidel Castro of Cuba established personality cults of differing degrees of intensity due to the relative degrees of historical and political isolation present in each state. Although both states followed a similar pattern of dominance, resentment, nationalism, and socialism in their recent histories, their differing overall histories dictated the intensity of their leaders' personality cults. Korea's long history of self-imposed...
Show moreThis paper argues that Kim Il-Sung of North Korea and Fidel Castro of Cuba established personality cults of differing degrees of intensity due to the relative degrees of historical and political isolation present in each state. Although both states followed a similar pattern of dominance, resentment, nationalism, and socialism in their recent histories, their differing overall histories dictated the intensity of their leaders' personality cults. Korea's long history of self-imposed isolationism in combination with xenophobia was continued in Kim's self-reliance ideology and allowed for a fanatical personality cult to develop. Cuba's only experience with isolation was that imposed by the United States through its embargoes, and the resulting hostility between Cuba and the United States actually helped legitimize Castro's regime and personality cult.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003659
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Making Waves: Celebrating and Cultivating Discovery, Diversity, and Distinction".
- Creator
- Florida Atlantic University
- Date Issued
- 2012-03
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUAD00002
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Maldito amor" and "Sweet Diamond Dust": Rosario Ferre between languages.
- Creator
- Martin, Angela F., Florida Atlantic University, Hokenson, Jan W.
- Abstract/Description
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Since 1970, translation studies have broken the dichotomous mold of the "word for word" or "sense for sense" translation, shifting from a linguistics focus to a new approach that investigates the context and confluence of the social/political factors that form the cultural background of a language. In the light of this "cultural turn," this study comparatively investigates the apparent differences between the two versions of the novella "Maldito amor" and "Sweet Diamond Dust" by the...
Show moreSince 1970, translation studies have broken the dichotomous mold of the "word for word" or "sense for sense" translation, shifting from a linguistics focus to a new approach that investigates the context and confluence of the social/political factors that form the cultural background of a language. In the light of this "cultural turn," this study comparatively investigates the apparent differences between the two versions of the novella "Maldito amor" and "Sweet Diamond Dust" by the critically acclaimed Puerto Rican Rosario Ferre. To read Ferre's two versions taking into account translation theorist Lawrence Venuti's concepts of "foreignizing" or "domestication" of a text, evidences the need of new theoretical formulations to critically situate these rare cases of authors who "write between languages," and (re)create their work in another language.
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- 2000
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15791
- Subject Headings
- Translating and interpreting, Ferre, Rosario--Sweet diamond dust, Ferre, Rosario--Translations
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The "mental crisis" of John Stuart Mill: The destruction of a mechanical consciousness.
- Creator
- Dhuwalia, Raj Kumar., Florida Atlantic University, Buckton, Oliver
- Abstract/Description
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In Chapter Five of his Autobiography, John Stuart Mill discusses a "mental crisis" which struck in 1826 and lingered for some time. Mill addresses one causative element of this crisis, a perception of himself at twenty as a "mechanical man." Yet these much-quoted words understate a greater point. I shall argue that Mill's crisis was the destruction of an almost purely mechanical consciousness, or at least a strike at his foundations of a breadth and severity that has not been fully addressed...
Show moreIn Chapter Five of his Autobiography, John Stuart Mill discusses a "mental crisis" which struck in 1826 and lingered for some time. Mill addresses one causative element of this crisis, a perception of himself at twenty as a "mechanical man." Yet these much-quoted words understate a greater point. I shall argue that Mill's crisis was the destruction of an almost purely mechanical consciousness, or at least a strike at his foundations of a breadth and severity that has not been fully addressed by Mill scholarship. I shall consider various aspects of Mill's life and thought before and after the crisis as a means of identifying the nature of this fundamental change in Mill. These aspects of Mill's thought include philosophy, economics, epistemology, poetry, and politics, and these aspects of Mill's life include education, his relationship with his father and Bentham, his early activism, his influences, and his perceptions of man and society.
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- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15319
- Subject Headings
- Mill, John Stuart,--1806-1873--Autobiography, Consciousness in literature, Philosophy in literature, Authors, English--19th century--Biography--History and criticism
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "None of us are androgynous": Androgyny in William Faulkner's "The Wild Palms".
- Creator
- Dawsey, Teresa Russell., Florida Atlantic University, Coyle, William
- Abstract/Description
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Androgyny in literature is not a new topic. In William Faulkner's The Wild Palms, however, the significance of androgyny as theme has been largely overlooked. Androgyny is defined as the harmonious balance derived from accepting those individual aspects defined culturally and socially as masculine and feminine beyond the physical and biological. In this novel, Harry Wilbourne, a doctor and scientist, denies his androgyny while Charlotte Rittenmeyer, his lover and a sculptor, finds comfort and...
Show moreAndrogyny in literature is not a new topic. In William Faulkner's The Wild Palms, however, the significance of androgyny as theme has been largely overlooked. Androgyny is defined as the harmonious balance derived from accepting those individual aspects defined culturally and socially as masculine and feminine beyond the physical and biological. In this novel, Harry Wilbourne, a doctor and scientist, denies his androgyny while Charlotte Rittenmeyer, his lover and a sculptor, finds comfort and harmony in both her masculine and feminine traits. Harry faces a gender identity crisis when Charlotte, pregnant, decides to abort their child. Only after Charlotte dies of a botched abortion does Harry accept his memories--his responsibility for his past life with Charlotte (a masculine characteristic)--as well as his grief--over Charlotte's death and the loss of the grand passion he shared with her (feminine emotions). Harry, reborn, becomes a man: harmonious in his androgyny.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1998
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15560
- Subject Headings
- Androgyny (Psychology) in literature., Faulkner, William,--1897-1962--Wild palms
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Nothing's been done" : speech of Hon. Henry C. Deming, of Connecticut, at the Cooper Institute, New York, September 27th, 1864.
- Creator
- Deming, Henry Champion 1815-1872
- Abstract/Description
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"Nothing has been done" : speech of Honorable Henry C. Deming. Caption title. A Republican Party campaign speech. FAU Libraries' copy imperfect: pages loose.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb21f37
- Subject Headings
- Campaign literature -- 1864 -- Republican, Campaign literature -- United States -- 19th century, Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Election, 1864, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), 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 "OBLIQUE EFFECT" IN THE SPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN FOR THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL PLANE.
- Creator
- HILTON, THOMAS FREDERICK, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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The effect of stimulus plane orientation (horizontal vs vertical) on mirror-image oblique discrimination was investigated for children 5 to 8 years of age. A significant difference in learning rate favoring the vertical plane presentation was obtained. Tracing the stimuli had no effect on learning rate in either the horizontal or vertical plane. The results were explained in terms of egocentricity in the child's representation of spatial relations.
- Date Issued
- 1976
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13827
- Subject Headings
- Orientation (Psychology), Discrimination learning, Mirror images, Space perception in children
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- “Odd Apocalyptic Panics”: Chthonic Storytelling in Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam.
- Creator
- Nugent, Ashley Frances, Mason, Julia, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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I argue that Margaret Atwood’s work in MaddAddam is about survival; it is about moving beyond preconceived, thoughtless ideology of any form with creative kinship. Cooperation and engagement cannot be planned in advance, and must take the form of something more than pre-established ideology. I will discuss MaddAddam in light of Donna Haraway’s recent work in which she argues that multispecies acknowledgement and collaboration are essential if humans are to survive and thrive in the coming...
Show moreI argue that Margaret Atwood’s work in MaddAddam is about survival; it is about moving beyond preconceived, thoughtless ideology of any form with creative kinship. Cooperation and engagement cannot be planned in advance, and must take the form of something more than pre-established ideology. I will discuss MaddAddam in light of Donna Haraway’s recent work in which she argues that multispecies acknowledgement and collaboration are essential if humans are to survive and thrive in the coming centuries. By bringing the two texts into dialogue, one sees that Atwood’s novel constitutes the kind of story deemed necessary by Haraway for making kin in the Chthulucene. Various scenes depicting cooperation and interdependence among humans and other animals offer chthonic models of kinship; these relationships, as opposed to ideological and anthropocentric isolation, will serve as the means of surviving and thriving within an ongoing apocalypse.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013090
- Subject Headings
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939- MaddAddam trilogy., Haraway, Donna Jeanne., Atwood, Margaret, 1939---Criticism and interpretation.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "One country! One constitution! One Destiny!" : Speeches of William Curtis Noyes, Daniel S. Dickinson, and Lyman Tremain at the Great Union War Ratification Meeting, held at the Cooper Institute, in the city of New York October 8th, 1862.
- Creator
- Noyes, William Curtis 1805-1864, Dickinson, Daniel S. (Daniel Stevens) 1800-1866
- Abstract/Description
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Includes remarks by James S. Thayer and Hamilton Fish, pages 18-19. Imprint information from colophon. At top center on front cover, wood-engraving depicts ten people (one of whom is holding a large American flag and one of whom resembles George Washington) at the foot of a rocky hill. On top of the hill is a rotunda with 4 columns labeled, "Liberty." A statue of Liberty is inside the rotunda and, resting on the top of its dome, is an eagle holding in its mouth a banner reading, "E pluribus...
Show moreIncludes remarks by James S. Thayer and Hamilton Fish, pages 18-19. Imprint information from colophon. At top center on front cover, wood-engraving depicts ten people (one of whom is holding a large American flag and one of whom resembles George Washington) at the foot of a rocky hill. On top of the hill is a rotunda with 4 columns labeled, "Liberty." A statue of Liberty is inside the rotunda and, resting on the top of its dome, is an eagle holding in its mouth a banner reading, "E pluribus unum." The words, "Constitution & laws," are printed in large letters across the hill, and a rising sun and semi-circle of stars above it. Printed in two columns divided by single line. On back cover, publisher's advertisement for the daily, semi-weekly, and weekly Tribune, and for the New-York tribune for European circulation, with address of the Tribune Association.
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb20f36
- Subject Headings
- Campaign literature -- 1862 -- Republican -- New York (State), Campaign literature -- New York (State), New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865, Republican Party (N.Y.) -- Elections, Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ), Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 19th century, Union War Ratification Meeting -- (1862 : -- New York, N.Y.), United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- "One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons!": twinship and doubling in Twelfth Night.
- Creator
- Puehn, Amanda M., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis considers the relationship between scientific advances, identity formation, and literature in an early modern print culture. As medical theorists made their discoveries and defended their work they did so within the literary world; turning to the printed word to cultivate their personal identity and rebut dissenting colleagues. Subsequently, playwright William Shakespeare employed common medical knowledge within his plays. Twelfth Night presents male and female twins within the...
Show moreThis thesis considers the relationship between scientific advances, identity formation, and literature in an early modern print culture. As medical theorists made their discoveries and defended their work they did so within the literary world; turning to the printed word to cultivate their personal identity and rebut dissenting colleagues. Subsequently, playwright William Shakespeare employed common medical knowledge within his plays. Twelfth Night presents male and female twins within the scope of a comedy that plays upon the issues of cross-dressing and mistaken sexual identity. During the Renaissance, it was believed that male and female seed was co-present in every person and through dominance a distinct sexual identity was developed. This thesis argues that while Shakespeare initially convoluted this by allowing one of the twins to cross-dress; he resolved the anatomical doubling by presenting both characters together on stage at the close of the play.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3335455
- Subject Headings
- Criticism and interpretation, Symbolism in literature, Identity (Psychology) in literature, Sex role in literature, Literature and medicine, History
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Our fellows in mortality": kindness to animals in Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure.
- Creator
- Brockway, Jessica L., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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In Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy depicts characters who are especially sensitive to the suffering of all living creatures and thus engages his novel in the topic of animal rights. In this project I examine the human-animal relationships in Hardy's novel in terms of the ideas of two different philosophers: Peter Singer and Cora Diamond. I argue that, while Singer at first seems to provide a useful model for understanding these relationships in Jude, Diamond's account of these relationships is...
Show moreIn Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy depicts characters who are especially sensitive to the suffering of all living creatures and thus engages his novel in the topic of animal rights. In this project I examine the human-animal relationships in Hardy's novel in terms of the ideas of two different philosophers: Peter Singer and Cora Diamond. I argue that, while Singer at first seems to provide a useful model for understanding these relationships in Jude, Diamond's account of these relationships is ultimately a more helpful tool for understanding Hardy's ideas about animals. Diamond helps us see that Hardy believes people should help all living creatures in pain, no matter the cost to themselves, not because they recognize their suffering, but because they recognize a shared commonality with all sentient creatures.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3334248
- Subject Headings
- Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Animal rights (Philosophy), Human-animal relationships in literature, Symbolism in literature, Animals and civilization
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- “OUT OF FIXED PROPORTION, BEAUTY RISES”: A REVIEW OF MATHEMATICS IN FORMAL POETIC CONSTRAINT.
- Creator
- Nielander. Tiffany, Blue, Meredith, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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As Bertrand Russel once said, “The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry” (Russel 60). Poetry and mathematics are recognizably linked through aesthetics and counting at the most fundamental level, but these basic connections can be further extended to formal constraints in poetry. The link between mathematics and poetry, as well as formal poetic constraint...
Show moreAs Bertrand Russel once said, “The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry” (Russel 60). Poetry and mathematics are recognizably linked through aesthetics and counting at the most fundamental level, but these basic connections can be further extended to formal constraints in poetry. The link between mathematics and poetry, as well as formal poetic constraint based on mathematical structures and principles is inherently organic. The sestina and the sonnet are traditional poetic forms that contain intrinsic mathematical structures. The Fib, the S+7 algorithm, and computer-generated poetry are modern forms which have been explicitly based on mathematical structures.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00036
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The "outing" of Miss Jean Brodie or to Miss Christina Kay with love.
- Creator
- Geoghegan, Elizabeth Erin., Florida Atlantic University, McGuirk, Carol
- Abstract/Description
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Romantic friendships, or raves as they were commonly called, were a common element of the culture of girl's schools in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, the impact of sexologists' theories served to pathologize and stigmatize these relationships. Muriel Spark was a product of the girl's school education in the post-Freudian era. While many scholars have studied The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for its spiritual or moral content, few have discussed the sexuality and lesbian...
Show moreRomantic friendships, or raves as they were commonly called, were a common element of the culture of girl's schools in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, the impact of sexologists' theories served to pathologize and stigmatize these relationships. Muriel Spark was a product of the girl's school education in the post-Freudian era. While many scholars have studied The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for its spiritual or moral content, few have discussed the sexuality and lesbian content in the novel. This thesis discusses the sexual dynamics of the two main characters, Jean Brodie and Sandy Stranger, while taking into account the social, psychological, and biographical influences on Spark's novel. Romantic friendship is a compelling force in the narrative which drives each character in their vacillation between loyalty and betrayal.
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- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12792
- Subject Headings
- Spark, Muriel.--Prime of Miss Jean Brodie., Lesbianism in literature., Sex (Psychology) in literature.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- “Panyard” Steelpan Experiences Impact on Secondary Teachers’ Pedagogical Practices: A Case Study.
- Creator
- Massy, Paul, Nightengale-Lee, Bianca, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry, College of Education
- Abstract/Description
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This study investigates the impact of the Trinidad and Tobago Panyard steelpan experiences on the development of the secondary school, forms one to three (middle school), music teachers’ pedagogical implementation, and how these pedagogical practices are represented in today’s classroom or not. The case study exploration acknowledges that while the instrument was being developed in formal educational systems, there was already a history of teaching and learning of the steelpan in the...
Show moreThis study investigates the impact of the Trinidad and Tobago Panyard steelpan experiences on the development of the secondary school, forms one to three (middle school), music teachers’ pedagogical implementation, and how these pedagogical practices are represented in today’s classroom or not. The case study exploration acknowledges that while the instrument was being developed in formal educational systems, there was already a history of teaching and learning of the steelpan in the community Panyard contributing to its global growth. The symbiosis among instructional practices in the Panyard, the K-12 system, and postsecondary institutions continues to be the fertile space for understanding steelpan curriculum and instruction. Using the lenses of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, Decoloniality and Legitimation Code theory I analyzed these Panyard steelpan experiences and their impact on teachers’ pedagogical practice. I used some of the data to map the observed integrative knowledge building using the Autonomy dimension of Legitimation Code Theory. “Within-group cultural practices” and “common, across-group cultural practices” (Paris, 2012, p. 95) were also analyzed iteratively, contributing to the growth of both the researcher and participants. This study intentionally provided opportunities to understand Steelpan's histories and social constructs better. Moreover, participants’ backgrounds, biographies and experiences also provided contextual evidence for their pedagogical perspectives (Greene, 2001).
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014332
- Subject Headings
- Pedagogy, Teachers—Training of, Curriculum planning
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- “Pretty, Pills, and Perspective: The Not-so Charmed Medicalization of Women’s Mental Health”.
- Creator
- Wilson, Jennifer R., McConnell, William, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Sociology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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Using content analysis and in-depth interviews, this study finds variation in perspective of mental health in 1) how it is framed on social media platforms by mental health treatment advertisements and 2) how woman perceive their own mental health struggles, how they sought and maintain treatment, and how the culture of social media influences this perspective. To investigate this topic, this study is separated into two phases: Phase One is a content analysis of 25 mental health treatment...
Show moreUsing content analysis and in-depth interviews, this study finds variation in perspective of mental health in 1) how it is framed on social media platforms by mental health treatment advertisements and 2) how woman perceive their own mental health struggles, how they sought and maintain treatment, and how the culture of social media influences this perspective. To investigate this topic, this study is separated into two phases: Phase One is a content analysis of 25 mental health treatment advertisements for depression and/or anxiety on Facebook and Instagram with three questions in mind: 1. How do advertisements on social media frame depression and anxiety? 2. What are the solutions proposed? And 3. How are women represented in these advertisements? Phase Two consists of 14 in-depth interviews with three questions in mind: 1. How do women understand their mental health problems? 2. How do social media advertisements affect women seeking mental health treatment? And 3. How does social media affect current course of mental health treatment? Social media advertisements do medicalize women’s perspective of mental health and can best be understood in three terms: communication, convenience, and confidence, through an interplay of medicalization and gender framing. Women give meaning to their mental health through their experience in past and current life circumstances and the culture of social media has shifted understanding and engagement with this dynamic.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014163
- Subject Headings
- Women—Mental health, Medicalization
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Prodjickin', or mekin' a present to yo' family": rereading empowerment in Thomas Nelson Page's frame narratives.
- Creator
- Hagood, Taylor
- Date Issued
- 2004-07
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11499
- Subject Headings
- American fiction--Southern States--History and criticism, Plantation life in literature, Southern States--In literature
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Report of the Planning Commission for a New University at Boca Raton" also known as the Brumbaugh Report, 1961.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/FA00000167.pdf
- Subject Headings
- Florida Atlantic University History, Florida Atlantic University Archives
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Report to the People" Highlights, n.d.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361877
- Subject Headings
- Florida Atlantic University-- History, Florida Atlantic University—Office of the President, Florida Atlantic University-- Records and correspondence
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- “Report to the People" Presentation, 1975.
- Date Issued
- 1975
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361880
- Subject Headings
- Florida Atlantic University-- History, Florida Atlantic University—Office of the President, Florida Atlantic University-- Records and correspondence
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- "Report to the People" Revised Presentation, 1975.
- Date Issued
- 1975
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361879
- Subject Headings
- Florida Atlantic University-- History, Florida Atlantic University—Office of the President, Florida Atlantic University-- Records and correspondence
- Format
- Document (PDF)