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- Title
- The African Puzzle: A Study of Democratic Backsliding in Sub Saharan Africa.
- Creator
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Rice, Ailbhe, Powell, Jonathan, Boutton, Andrew, Bledsoe, Robert, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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The following study examines the future of democratization and the apparent trend towards autocratization within the context of democratic backsliding in Sub-Saharan Africa. Initially, the findings indicate that regionally, backsliding is not acting fundamentally different in Sub-Saharan Africa when compared to other regions. The analysis finds that regime duration and civil conflict are both significant when it comes to the study of democratic backsliding. The variable for the prior military...
Show moreThe following study examines the future of democratization and the apparent trend towards autocratization within the context of democratic backsliding in Sub-Saharan Africa. Initially, the findings indicate that regionally, backsliding is not acting fundamentally different in Sub-Saharan Africa when compared to other regions. The analysis finds that regime duration and civil conflict are both significant when it comes to the study of democratic backsliding. The variable for the prior military regime's is extremely significant in all of the models and is, therefore, a strong indicator of backsliding in Africa. The chief takeaway from the study is in the variable for economic growth and finds that as economic growth increases the likelihood of backsliding decreases. This variable is negative and significant for all of the models, but if Africa is taken out of the analysis the trend ultimately disappears, which indicates that Africa is potentially driving this trend of economic growth and backsliding.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2018
- Identifier
- CFE0007360, ucf:52080
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007360
- Title
- Infectious Disease Risks in Developing Countries: A Non-Market Valuation Exercise.
- Creator
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Samajpati, Shreejata, Gerking, Shelby, Dickie, Mark, Caputo, Michael, Roy, Joyashree, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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This dissertation focuses on the non-market valuation of health-risks of malaria, an infectious disease that imposes a substantive public health burden across the globe, hitting particularly hard the tropical developing nations of Africa and Asia. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals include malaria control as a priority and large investments are underway to promote effective prevention and treatment. Despite such concerted supply-side efforts, malaria-related mortality and...
Show moreThis dissertation focuses on the non-market valuation of health-risks of malaria, an infectious disease that imposes a substantive public health burden across the globe, hitting particularly hard the tropical developing nations of Africa and Asia. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals include malaria control as a priority and large investments are underway to promote effective prevention and treatment. Despite such concerted supply-side efforts, malaria-related mortality and morbidity still abound due to a complex interface of factors like climate-change, poverty, inadequate control behavior, infection and prevention externalities, parasite resistance etc. This research project digs into the demand-side of the health problem, considers the "externality" dimension to prevention, and primarily asks the question: how do individuals in developing countries view competing disease-control (prevention) measures, viz. a publicly-administered community-level malaria control measure as against private preventive choices. A theoretical model is developed to help explore the public-private interplay of health risks of malaria. The malaria-endemic regions of Kolkata (India) and its rural fringes comprise the site for an empirical investigation. A field survey (Malaria Risk and Prevention Survey, October-December, 2011) incorporating a mix of stated and revealed preference techniques of health valuation is implemented. Risk-perceptions of respondents are elicited using a measurable visual-aid and individuals' perceived valuations of health-risk reductions, randomly offered with the public and private health treatments, are empirically ascertained. Using a Likelihood Ratio Test on the structural risk parameters, it is seen that individuals' valuations of health risk reductions are the same across the private and public treatments. The comparative valuation exercise, thus, corroborates the externality dimension to malaria control, calling for greater public action to combat malaria. The viability of such a scaled-up public malaria program, in the context of Kolkata, is discussed by comparing the public treatment willingness to pay estimates with the annual estimated costs that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the civic body in the city of Kolkata, maintains on account of vector control. Results from the comparative valuation exercises also support the idea that private prevention is generally responsive to prevention costs, indicating the importance of price incentives to induce greater prevention. The issues of health valuation and price sensitivity are further explored across various split-samples differentiated on the basis of socio-economic attributes, disease exposure, actual prevention efforts and perceived malaria risks of survey respondents. Such auxiliary exercises help analyze the valuation question in greater depth, and generate policy insights into the potential factors that shape private prevention behavior.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2012
- Identifier
- CFE0004594, ucf:49195
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004594
- Title
- Dimensions of State Fragility: Determinants of Violent Group Grievance, Political Legitimacy, (&) Economic Capacity.
- Creator
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Christensen, Jason, Kinsey, Barbara, Mousseau, Demet, Hamann, Kerstin, Kircher, Amy, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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State fragility has severe political implications. In the literature, fragile states have been referred to as (")chaotic breeding grounds(") for human rights violations, terrorism, violent extremism, crime, instability, and disease (Patrick 2011, 3-4). International organizations have also expressed concern regarding the potential of (")fragile states(") to disrupt collective security as threats such as transnational terrorism and human displacement from violent conflict have the potential to...
Show moreState fragility has severe political implications. In the literature, fragile states have been referred to as (")chaotic breeding grounds(") for human rights violations, terrorism, violent extremism, crime, instability, and disease (Patrick 2011, 3-4). International organizations have also expressed concern regarding the potential of (")fragile states(") to disrupt collective security as threats such as transnational terrorism and human displacement from violent conflict have the potential to permeate borders (Patrick 2011, 5). This research project aims at extending our understanding of state fragility by examining three distinct dimensions of state fragility proposed in the literature: i) state authority, ii) state legitimacy, and iii) state capacity. I narrow the scope of these dimensions by focusing on 1) violent group grievance, 2) political legitimacy, and 3) state economic capacity, respectively. The first dimension, state authority, is related to a government's control of unlawful intrastate violence. The second dimension, legitimacy, is linked to the public acceptance of the right of an authority to govern law through its practice and influence (Weber 1958, 32-36; Gilley 2006, 48; Connolly 1984, 34). The third dimension, capacity, represents a state-society relationship characterized mainly by the state's ability to provide public goods and protection of citizens and residents from (")harm(") such as natural disasters and economic downfalls (Gr(&)#228;vingholt, Ziaja, and Kreibaum 2012, 7). This dissertation examines each of these dimensions using quantitative analyses based on large-N datasets and cross-sectional longitudinal models to fill gaps in the literature on state fragility. In particular, I hypothesize 1) number of refugees increases the level of intrastate violent group grievance (state authority), 2) state human rights violations decreases popular support and thus public perceptions of state legitimacy, and 3) population constraints, such as food insecurity and disease increase economic decline and thus compromise the state's economic capacity. Internal violence, loss of legitimacy, and a weakened economy may increase levels of state fragility. Each of these three studies controls for alternative explanations and covers the time period between 2006 and 2014. The analysis results confirm the main hypotheses of this study and are expected to offer a more concise conceptual framework of state fragility, and better empirical understanding of potential contributors to state fragility.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2017
- Identifier
- CFE0006728, ucf:51876
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006728
- Title
- The Halifax Country Florida: Daytona, Daytona Beach, Seabreeze.
- Creator
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PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Collection of photographs of Daytona, Daytona Beach, Seabreeze and the surroung area with an emphasis on hotels and scenery.
- Identifier
- AAB9023QF00007/26/200511/14/200622719BfamIi D0QF, FIPS12127, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20060324xOCLC, 75969658, CF00001719, 2584334, ucf:19635
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001719.jpg
- Title
- Winter excursion routes: Season of 1883-4.
- Creator
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Pennsylvania Railroad, PALMM (Project)
- Date Issued
- 1884
- Identifier
- AAA3435QF00001/03/200204/26/200722837SfasIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2002-01-03, FCLA url 20020205xOCLC, 49202181, CF00001564, 2559842, ucf:8128
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001564.jpg
- Title
- EFFECTIVE SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT CORRELATES AS PERCEIVED BY TEACHERS IN AMERICAN STYLE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS.
- Creator
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Doran, James, Allen, Kay, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between effective school characteristics and norm referenced standardized test scores in American-style international schools. In contrast to schools in traditional effective schools research, international schools typically have middle to high SES families, and display average to above average achievement. Eleven effective school characteristics were identified and correlated with standardized test scores for grades 4, 6, and 8...
Show moreThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between effective school characteristics and norm referenced standardized test scores in American-style international schools. In contrast to schools in traditional effective schools research, international schools typically have middle to high SES families, and display average to above average achievement. Eleven effective school characteristics were identified and correlated with standardized test scores for grades 4, 6, and 8 and high school SAT scores. Data was gathered from an online teacher questionnaire designed for this study. All eleven characteristics were present in high performing international schools while frequent analysis of student progress, high academic expectations and positive school environment were more prominent. Positive school environment, high academic expectations, strong instructional leadership and cultural diversity were chosen as important characteristics of an effective international school. Learning time is maximized was the only characteristic that was significantly correlated with achievement and only in grades 4, 6 and 8. There was no statistically significant relationship found between norm referenced test scores and the aggregate effective school characteristics score.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2004
- Identifier
- CFE0000245, ucf:46244
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0000245
- Title
- Life of Capt. Joseph Fry, the Cuban martyr: being a faithful record of his remarkable career from childhood to the time of his heroic death at the hands of Spanish executioners.
- Creator
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Walker, Jeanie Mort, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Intended as a memorial to Captain Joseph Fry (born Tampa Bay, Fl., June 14,1826), this volume begins with his biography, tracing his life and career during and after the American Civil War. It then details the confiscation of Fry's ship, the Virginius, in 1873, for running arms to Cuba during its insurrection against Spain, an event which brought about Captain Fry's subsequent execution. The narrative continues with an account of the U.S. reaction to Spain's seizure of the ship, and its...
Show moreIntended as a memorial to Captain Joseph Fry (born Tampa Bay, Fl., June 14,1826), this volume begins with his biography, tracing his life and career during and after the American Civil War. It then details the confiscation of Fry's ship, the Virginius, in 1873, for running arms to Cuba during its insurrection against Spain, an event which brought about Captain Fry's subsequent execution. The narrative continues with an account of the U.S. reaction to Spain's seizure of the ship, and its eventual return to the United States. Includes the text of letters and articles written during the events, as well as those written in tribute to Captain Fry after his death.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1875
- Identifier
- AAA3371QF00012/20/200108/04/200516166BfamIa D0QF, FHP P CF 2001-12-20, FCLA url 20020724xOCLC, 51048687, CF00001583, 2565464, ucf:10761
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001583.jpg
- Title
- Historical, architectural, and archaeological survey of Orlando, Florida.
- Creator
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Florida, Carr, Robert S., Werndli, Phillip A., Florida, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Report of a survey of historic and archaeological sites conducted to provide an inventory to be used as a resource for preservation planning.
- Date Issued
- 1978
- Identifier
- AAA7981QF00010/16/200308/12/200430945BfamIa D0QF, BN2433 - 54590, 1236109, FHP P CF 2003-10-16, FIPS12095, FCLA url 20040812, CF00001662, 2574952, ucf:16022
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001662.jpg
- Title
- Florida, its history and its romance: the oldest settlement in the United States, associated with the most romantic events of American history, under the Spanish, French, English, and American flags, 1497-1904.
- Creator
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Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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History of Florida from the expedition of Ponce de Leon in 1513 through the first years of the twentieth century.
- Date Issued
- 1904
- Identifier
- AAA6243QF00004/30/200301/26/200419584BfamIa D0QF, ONICF145- 9, FHP C CF 2003-04-30, FCLA url 20040122xOCLC, 54085728, CF00001619, 2571313, ucf:13925
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001619.jpg
- Title
- Orlando Florida.
- Creator
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PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Pictures and text depicting Orlando c.1913.
- Date Issued
- 1913
- Identifier
- AAB6377QF00001/18/200508/04/200516221BfamIa D0QF, FIPS12095, FHP C CF 2005-01-19, FCLA url 20050220xOCLC, 58808752, CF00001692, 2580605, ucf:17278
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001692.jpg
- Title
- A history of Florida.
- Creator
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Brevard, Caroline Mays, Bennett, Henry Eastman, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Parts I and II cover the history of Florida including its discovery by Ponce de Leon, the establishment of colonies by various European nations, its purchase by the United States, statehood, involvement in the Civil War, Reconstruction and brief descriptions of events through World War I. Part III describes the Internal Improvement Fund, Florida's school system and the civil government of Florida.
- Date Issued
- 1919
- Identifier
- AAA6239QF00004/30/200304/06/200516126BfamI D0QF, ONICF160- 7, FHP C CF 2003-04-30, FCLA url 20040208xOCLC, 58809397, CF00001590, 2567301, ucf:13153
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001590.jpg
- Title
- The Atlantic and Gulf Coast Canal and Okeechobee Land Company: chartered by special act of the Legislature of Florida, 1881 : capital, $10,000,000, one million shares, par value, $10.00.
- Creator
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Kreamer, James M., Salinger, Richard, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Includes a prospectus and an engineer's report describing efforts for the year 1884 and continuing plans to dredge canals and partially drain Lake Okeechobee and surrounding lands. Some of the other affected waters are Lake Flirt, Lake Hichpochee, the Kissimmee River, Lake East Tohopekaliga, Lake Tohopekaliga, Lake Hatchneha, Lake Cypress, Lake Kissimmee, the Caloosahatchie River, Tiger Creek, Lake Tiger, Lake Rosalie, and Lake Walk-in-the-Water. The purpose of this work was to reduce...
Show moreIncludes a prospectus and an engineer's report describing efforts for the year 1884 and continuing plans to dredge canals and partially drain Lake Okeechobee and surrounding lands. Some of the other affected waters are Lake Flirt, Lake Hichpochee, the Kissimmee River, Lake East Tohopekaliga, Lake Tohopekaliga, Lake Hatchneha, Lake Cypress, Lake Kissimmee, the Caloosahatchie River, Tiger Creek, Lake Tiger, Lake Rosalie, and Lake Walk-in-the-Water. The purpose of this work was to reduce flooding, claim land for agriculture and open up channels of water transport.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1885
- Identifier
- AAA6247QF00004/30/200303/16/200520295BfamIa D0QF, ONICF177- 4, FHP C CF 2003-04-30, huc3090201, huc30901, huc3090205, FCLA url 20040208xOCLC, 55693580, CF00001614, 2570248, ucf:13066
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001614.jpg
- Title
- Hunting in the great West (Rustlings in the Rockies): hunting and fishing by mountain and stream.
- Creator
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Shields, G. O. (George O.), PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Recounts the author's hunting trips through the Rockies, the Big Horn Mountains, Montana, Florida (p. 171-241), the Lake Superior region and northern Michigan.
- Date Issued
- 1890
- Identifier
- AAA6248QF00004/30/200303/18/200427433BfamI D0QF, ONICF183- 4, FHP P CF 2003-04-30, FCLA url 20040318, CF00001624, 2784155, ucf:14756
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001624.jpg
- Title
- The seventy-fifth anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Winter Park, Florida, 1884-1959.
- Creator
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PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Brief history of the first church in Winter Park with a section on each pastor and an overview of church activities in 1959.
- Date Issued
- 1959
- Identifier
- AAB9128QF00008/09/200511/14/200614934BfamIa D0QF, FIPS12095, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20060515xOCLC, 75964971, CF00001724, 2584818, ucf:19750
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001724.jpg
- Title
- East coast of Florida: hotel list and information folder.
- Creator
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Florida East Coast Hotel Company, PALMM (Project), Florida East Coast Railway
- Abstract / Description
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Primarily textual descriptions of cities and towns along the east coast of Florida intersperced with small drawings. Includes an extensive list of Florida hotels, their managers, and their rates.
- Date Issued
- 1900
- Identifier
- AAB9282QF00008/24/200511/14/200612908BfamIa D0QF, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20051129xOCLC, 75964285, CF00001710, 2583367, ucf:19198
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001710.jpg
- Title
- A Time to keep: history of the First United Methodist Church of Oviedo, Florida, 1873-1973.
- Creator
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Adicks, Richard, Neely, Donna M., Evans, Clara Lee, Jones, Ben H., Lawton, Kathryn, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Brief history of the church from its beginnings to 1973, including photographs of early members, changes in the church structure, the new church, and the first wedding performed in the new church. Also includes a list of pastors and other officers of the church.
- Date Issued
- 1973
- Identifier
- AAB9017QF00007/26/200511/14/200620916Bfam D0QF, FIPS12117, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FCLA url 20060601xOCLC, 75968729, CF00001726, 2585000, ucf:19840
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001726.jpg
- Title
- My pioneer days in Florida, 1876-1898.
- Creator
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Bell, Emily Lagow, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Personal account of the Bell family's move from Indiana to Ft. Pierce, Florida with numerous anecdotes and descriptions of places they saw and people they met.
- Identifier
- AAC2509QF00011/15/200603/02/200712094BnamI? D0QF, FHP S UCF 2006-11-15, FIPS12111, FCLA url 20070302, CF00001730, 2700743, ucf:20074
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001730.jpg
- Title
- The cruise of the Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida.
- Creator
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McQuade, James, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Author's account of his journey on the Montauk to the West Indies and Florida, which set sail February 21, 1884 and returned May 3, 1884.
- Date Issued
- 1885
- Identifier
- AAA3228QF00011/15/200108/04/200515803BfamIi D0QF, 0263303, FHP C CF 2001-11-15, FCLA url 20020224xOCLC, 49492078, CF00001559, 2557419, ucf:6968
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001559.jpg
- Title
- History of public-school education in Florida.
- Creator
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Cochran, Thomas Everette, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Thesis by Thomas Everette Chochran traces the history of public-school education in the state of Florida from 1822 up to 1920.
- Date Issued
- 1921
- Identifier
- AAA3433QF00001/03/200208/04/200516082BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2002-01-03, FCLA url 20020225xOCLC, 49499137, CF00001567, 2560659, ucf:8514
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001567.jpg
- Title
- Early days in Melbourne Beach, 1888-1928.
- Creator
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Thomas, Frank J., Beynroth, Ewing, PALMM (Project)
- Abstract / Description
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Brief history of the barrier island town of Melbourne Beach containing many anecdotes describing social and business activities.
- Date Issued
- 1968
- Identifier
- AAB9025QF00007/26/200511/15/200612162BfamIa D0QF, FHP C UCF 2005-08-03, FIPS12009, FCLA url 20060324xOCLC, 76032581, CF00001718, 2584254, ucf:19602
- Format
- E-book
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001718.jpg
