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Title: The Ontological Sociology of Cryptocurrency: A Theoretical Exploration of Bitcoin.
Creator: Villarreal, Omar, Gay, David, Hinojosa, Ramon, Corzine, Harold, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: For millennia, money has been a basal element of everyday life reality in market-organized societies. Albeit money has changed extrinsically (e.g., form, use, utility) countless of times, some intrinsic characteristics remain the same, i.e., money is reified value. But why? What gives money value? Even more crucial, what is money in the first place? This exploratory study delves into the intricacies of money, in particular the revolutionary 21st century pecuniary techno-phenomenon, a...
Show moreFor millennia, money has been a basal element of everyday life reality in market-organized societies. Albeit money has changed extrinsically (e.g., form, use, utility) countless of times, some intrinsic characteristics remain the same, i.e., money is reified value. But why? What gives money value? Even more crucial, what is money in the first place? This exploratory study delves into the intricacies of money, in particular the revolutionary 21st century pecuniary techno-phenomenon, a cryptocurrency called Bitcoin. Though cryptocurrencies have been the topic of several financial and legal scholarly publications for a few years, we rather focus our analysis on Bitcoin's ontological characteristics under a schema of overlapping theoretical layers: Social Exchange Theory, Marxian Dialectics, and Social Construction of Reality. Our intention is to dissect Bitcoin sociologically and empirically examine its global exchange, consumption, and institutionalization. Consequently, we venture to ask, can Bitcoin redefine the meaning of money and how we relate to it? Reformulate the role of banking? Disrupt the universally accepted objective reality of currency value attached to sensorial experience? Transfer trust from ambivalent human relations to an incorruptible algorithm? Or even become (")the Internet of money(")?
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Date Issued: 2016
Identifier: CFE0006412, ucf:51468
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006412

Title: Communism's Futures: Intelligentsia Imaginations in the Writings of the Strugatsky Brothers.
Creator: Tammaro, Elizabeth, Solonari, Vladimir, Gannon, Barbara, French, Scot, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky were the most popular science fiction writing duo in Soviet Russia from the 1960s through the 1980s. Examining their imaginative fictional worlds against the background of wider changes in the Soviet Union allows scholars to gain insights in the world of the Soviet intelligentsia, the educated bearers of culture. As members of this group, the Strugatskys expressed the hopes, frustrations and fears, of their peers, vindicating their intellectual and emotional life....
Show moreArkady and Boris Strugatsky were the most popular science fiction writing duo in Soviet Russia from the 1960s through the 1980s. Examining their imaginative fictional worlds against the background of wider changes in the Soviet Union allows scholars to gain insights in the world of the Soviet intelligentsia, the educated bearers of culture. As members of this group, the Strugatskys expressed the hopes, frustrations and fears, of their peers, vindicating their intellectual and emotional life. I support the argument that the Brothers occupied a middle ground between conformity and dissident, dubbed the (")lost(") intelligentsia by Lloyd Churchward. I demonstrate this state of being in Soviet society by providing context to popular Strugatsky works, and discussing the evolution of their perspective over time, as displayed in their literature. Featured prominently in Strugatsky works are themes of governmental authority and scientific development, therefore these are the key focuses of this research. The Strugatskys examination of the essential question of the meaning and attainment of happiness adds a new layer of insight to this argument. Studying the Strugatsky Brothers aligns with the greater trend in the field of cultural studies of the Soviet Union, as historians seek to gain greater understanding of how society experienced the communist government. The captivating writing of the Strugatskys, a mixture of foreboding, irony and humor, contributes to the narrative of Soviet history as the authors were culturally significant figures whose legacy remains influential today.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: CFE0006919, ucf:51693
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006919

Title: Comparison of Traditional Educative Delivery to Online Education in United States History as Measured by Florida's End-Of-Course Examinations in a Large Urban School District in Central Florida.
Creator: Wilson, William, Murray, Barbara, Murray, Kenneth, Baldwin, Lee, Holt, Larry, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Student participation in online courses has been growing steadily for the past decade, and the trend appears to continue the growth in this form of instructional delivery method for the foreseeable future (iNACOL, 2012). To date, little research exploring student success rates exists in the social studies. This particular study was conducted to examine what differences, if any, existed in the End-Of-Course (EOC) scores of 11th grade United States history students who took the course in a...
Show moreStudent participation in online courses has been growing steadily for the past decade, and the trend appears to continue the growth in this form of instructional delivery method for the foreseeable future (iNACOL, 2012). To date, little research exploring student success rates exists in the social studies. This particular study was conducted to examine what differences, if any, existed in the End-Of-Course (EOC) scores of 11th grade United States history students who took the course in a traditional, face-to-face format versus students who took the same course online through Florida Virtual School. For this study, proper permission was received from all interested parties, and a sample of 9,339 End of Course (EOC) examinations were taken from 36 high schools in a large, urban school district in Central Florida. All identifiable data were scrubbed from the sample. Due to the extremely small sampling of online students, the One-Sample Wilcoxon test was used on four research questions to compare students in the traditional, face-to-face versus online format and based on ethnicity, gender, and free-and-reduced lunch status.Overall, none of the One-Sample Wilcoxon tests indicated the presence of a significant difference among any subgroup(-)overall, White, non-White, female, male, high socioeconomic status, or low socioeconomic status. Therefore, none of the null hypotheses presented were rejected. Recommendations included replicating the study on a broader scale and conducting a qualitative study to examine the characteristics of online students, their similarities and differences, to those of students who attend class in a face-to-face format.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: CFE0005444, ucf:50391
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005444

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: Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: 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: Ponce de Leon land and Florida war record.
Creator: Brown, George M., PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: A military history of St. Augustine by Sergeant George M. Brown, a civil war veteran.
Date Issued: 1910
Identifier: AAA3223QF00011/14/200108/04/200516270BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2001-11-14, FIPS12109, FCLA url 20020205xOCLC, 49499857, CF00001553, 2554636, ucf:5645
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001553.jpg

Title: Ferdinand de Soto: the discoverer of the Mississippi.
Creator: Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: A history of the expeditions and military conquests of Hernando de Soto in South America, Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
Date Issued: 1873
Identifier: AAA3226QF00011/15/200108/04/200515837BfamI D0QF, 0392343, FHP C CF 2001-11-15, FCLA url 20020220xOCLC, 49296621, CF00001555, 2555781, ucf:6180
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001555.jpg

Title: History of public-school education in Florida.
Creator: Cochran, Thomas Everette, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: 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: Chartism and the trades union.
Creator: Postgate, Raymond, Labour Research Department
Date Issued: 1922
Identifier: 357437, CFDT357437, ucf:5184
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/357437

Title: Early days in Melbourne Beach, 1888-1928.
Creator: Thomas, Frank J., Beynroth, Ewing, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: 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

Title: The Redeemed, the Condemned, and the Forgotten: Narratives of Dissenting Aristocratic Identity in Medieval Bavaria.
Creator: Bohmer, Luke, Hardy, Duncan, Beiler, Rosalind, Dandrow, Edward, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Identity in the Middle Ages encompassed numerous methods of transmission. Those of which that survive today include artwork, architecture, and written sources. In the case of written sources, the nobility and the clergy dominated the narrative to a substantial degree. Chroniclers of the Holy Roman Empire in specific saw both regional and pan-imperial narratives influence this identity through the exploration of historical figures. The medieval duchy of Bavaria fell into this milieu but...
Show moreIdentity in the Middle Ages encompassed numerous methods of transmission. Those of which that survive today include artwork, architecture, and written sources. In the case of written sources, the nobility and the clergy dominated the narrative to a substantial degree. Chroniclers of the Holy Roman Empire in specific saw both regional and pan-imperial narratives influence this identity through the exploration of historical figures. The medieval duchy of Bavaria fell into this milieu but experienced a substantially different relationship with its nobility from the twelfth century onward. The more condensed and consolidated format of medieval Bavaria under the Wittelsbach dynasty (-) as well as conscious efforts to project said configuration backward through history via chronicles (-) resulted in a uniquely Bavarian aristocratic identity into the early modern period. This aristocratic identity was the result of chroniclers' pedagogical and didactic intention across laity and clergy in informing the mores and values of the Bavarian nobility, in addition to the history of their institution. Through Latin and later vernacular chronicles, courtiers and clergy expressed the veneration or damnation of key historical figures in Bavarian history to instill values and sets of ideal behaviors by the end of the fifteenth century. This thesis explores the changing narratives of three such figures, all of whom acted as thematic antagonists to prominent German kings and emperors: Tassilo III, Arnulf the Bad, and Henry the Lion. Ultimately, the widespread virtues of piety, respect for the clergy, and subservience to the emperor formed the main pillars of Bavarian aristocratic identity. However, Bavarian chroniclers required preexisting clerical traditions of chronicling, as well as adherence to the official narratives of the house of Wittelsbach, in order to fit these dissenting historical figures into a usable symbolic context.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: CFE0007790, ucf:52352
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007790

Title: Readers guide to William Z. Fosters History of the Communist Party of the United States.
Creator: Goodwin, Henry T.
Date Issued: 1953
Identifier: DP0003082.PDF, 1927375, CFDT1927375, ucf:4820
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927375

Title: Dr. Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna colony of Florida.
Creator: Corse, Carita Doggett, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Historical account of the founding and management of the colony of New Smyrna by Andrew Turnbull. Based on documents and original manuscripts held at the British Colonial Office.
Date Issued: 1919
Identifier: AAA6241QF00004/30/200311/16/200612409BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2003-04-30, FCLA url 20030714xOCLC, FIPS12127, 52616111, FCLA url 20061116, CF00001591, 2783666, ucf:11755
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001591.jpg

Title: The war in Florida: being an exposition of its causes, and an accurate history of the campaigns of Generals Clinch, Gaines, and Scott.
Creator: Potter, Woodburne, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Army officer's account of the 2nd Seminole War, focusing on the specific campaigns of Colonel Joseph M. White, General Duncan L. Clinch, and Colonel James Gadsden, as well as an analysis of what the author believed to be the causes of the war.
Date Issued: 1836
Identifier: AAA3366QF00012/20/200104/26/200722938BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2001-12-20, FCLA url 20020621xOCLC, 50182068, FIPS12039, CF00001580, 2564612, ucf:10377
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/CF00001580.jpg

Title: Orlando: the charm of the south.
Creator: PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Description of Orlando in 1910 "...embellish[ed] with interesting reading and views of Orlando, contain[ing] in substance a brief outline of the town as it is today."
Date Issued: 1910
Identifier: AAB6378QF00001/18/200508/04/200516231BfamIa D0QF, FIPS12095, FHP C CF 2005-01-19, FCLA url 20050217xOCLC, 58806913, CF00001691, 2580512, ucf:17241
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001691.jpg

Title: Sun hunting: adventures and observations among the native and migratory tribes of Florida, including the stoical time-killers of Palm Beach, the gentle and gregarious tin-canners of the remote interior, and the vivacious and semi-violent peoples of Miami and its purlieus.
Creator: Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Humorous description of 1920s Florida and the customs of the northerners who visit its resorts in Palm Beach and Miami as well as its free auto camps around Tampa.
Date Issued: 1922
Identifier: AAA6246QF00004/30/200308/02/200413398BfamIa D0QF, ONICF176- 1, FHP C CF 2003-04-30, FIPS12099, FIPS12086, FIPS12057, FCLA url 20040215xOCLC, 55693466, CF00001620, 2572037, ucf:14261
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001620.jpg

Title: In defense of the Cuban revolution: An answer to the State Department and Theodore Draper.
Creator: Hansen, Joseph
Date Issued: 1961
Identifier: 1927462, CFDT1927462, ucf:4845
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927462

Title: The capture of Jefferson Davis.
Creator: Fox, John Adam, Pritchard, Benjamin D.
Description: "The story of the capture of Jefferson Davis as told through the personal papers of Benjamin Pritchard, the Union Officer in charge of the capture." - p. 1. There are 22 pages of pictures, one of Davis, one of Pritchard and the other 20 are of documents pertaining to the capture.
Date Created: 1964
Identifier: DP0012650, E477.98.F6 1964
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012650

Title: The heritage of Gene Debs, selections.
Creator: Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), Trachtenberg, Alexander
Date Issued: 1955
Identifier: 2100238, CFDT2100238, ucf:4899
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2100238

Title: Lenin and Spain.
Creator: Browder, Earl
Date Issued: 1937
Identifier: 1927057, CFDT1927057, ucf:4810
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927057

Title: Falsificators of history, an historical note: Text of communique issued February, 1948.
Creator: Sovinformburo
Date Issued: 1948
Identifier: 2683388, CFDT2683388, ucf:5071
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683388

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