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Reexamining the Relationship Between Divided Government and Voter Turnout.
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Beck, Heidi, Knuckey, Jonathan, Jewett, Aubrey, Lanier, Drew, University of Central Florida
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Abstract / Description
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This thesis reexamines the effect of divided government on voter turnout originally posited byFranklin and Hirczy de Mi(&)#241;o (1998), which suggested that each year of exposure to dividedgovernment resulted in a cumulative negative effect on voters leading to alienation and lowerturnout. It reconsiders this argument using more recent data, given that voter turnout in U.S.presidential elections (as measured by the Voting Eligible Population) has increased since 2000,even though divided...
Show moreThis thesis reexamines the effect of divided government on voter turnout originally posited byFranklin and Hirczy de Mi(&)#241;o (1998), which suggested that each year of exposure to dividedgovernment resulted in a cumulative negative effect on voters leading to alienation and lowerturnout. It reconsiders this argument using more recent data, given that voter turnout in U.S.presidential elections (as measured by the Voting Eligible Population) has increased since 2000,even though divided government has occurred during this period.This thesis also uses new data and methods to address concerns about the original aggregatelevelresearch design. The research question is tested at the individual-level of analysis todetermine if divided government does interact with political trust to lower turnout. Previousresearch assumed this relationship since there is no aggregate-level proxy for political trust. Byusing survey data from the American National Election Studies it is now possible to test the fulltheory.The aggregate-level models show that misspecifications in the research design of Franklinand Hirczy de Mi(&)#241;o resulting in multicollinearity, and in two instances autocorrelation, whichresulted in a failure to reject the null hypothesis. The individual-level models show that dividedgovernment interacts with low levels of political trust to increase voter turnout, falsifying theargument about the effect of divided government on turnout. Overall, the thesis suggests that theimplications of an aspect of the American political system that renders it distinguishable frommost other advanced-industrial democracies(-)divided party control of the executive andlegislative branches(-)should be reassessed. More generally, the thesis demonstrates theimportance of reevaluating hypotheses in political science with the most recent data and morerobust methods in order to establish whether those original hypotheses are still supported
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Date Issued
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2019
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Identifier
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CFE0007783, ucf:52363
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Document (PDF)
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007783
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THE INFLUENCE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS ON PROPORTIONALITY OF REPRESENTATION IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
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Cox, Jamesha, Jewett , Aubrey, University of Central Florida
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There are proportionally fewer Hispanic Americans, African Americans and women in Congress than in the United States population. Existing literature prescribes a variety of explanations for this disparity including skewed nominations procedures, differing participation rates, racial gerrymandering, voting biases, and funding inequities. This study revisits one aspect of the underrepresentation issue: campaign contributions. Money has been an integral component of the electoral process since...
Show moreThere are proportionally fewer Hispanic Americans, African Americans and women in Congress than in the United States population. Existing literature prescribes a variety of explanations for this disparity including skewed nominations procedures, differing participation rates, racial gerrymandering, voting biases, and funding inequities. This study revisits one aspect of the underrepresentation issue: campaign contributions. Money has been an integral component of the electoral process since before the American Revolution and its impact on the current composition of Congress ought to be explored to a greater extent. Previous research shows that contributors rarely, if at all, discriminate on the basis of gender. This study intends to further investigate the congressional campaign funding of African Americans and provide some much needed insight regarding the campaign financing of Hispanic American candidates. Using financial and biographical data from each candidate within the 2004 and 2008 election cycles, a multiple regression model will be employed to evaluate the extent to which gender and minority status determine the distribution of congressional campaign funds independent of other electability traits considered influential by contributors (the percentage of vote received in the last election, incumbency, and the leadership position held are indications of candidate strength that affect campaign contributions). The magnitude and statistical significance of these coefficients provides further understanding into funding inequities.
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Date Issued
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2013
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Identifier
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CFH0004484, ucf:45076
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004484
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Constitution of the United States: Founding of the bourgeois republic.
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Creator
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Petersen, Arnold
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Date Issued
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1963
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Identifier
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2659971, CFDT2659971, ucf:4964
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2659971
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Main Street to Wall Street: End the cold war!.
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Creator
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Hall, Gus
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Date Issued
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1962
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Identifier
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2683366, CFDT2683366, ucf:5060
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683366
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The Cuban episode and the American press: April 9-23, 1961.
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Creator
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Mintz, Norbert L
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Date Issued
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1961
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2660249, CFDT2660249, ucf:4972
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Document (PDF)
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2660249
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Geneva: Road to peace.
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Creator
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Clark, Joseph
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Date Issued
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1955
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Identifier
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360083, CFDT360083, ucf:5241
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/360083
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What happened in Guatemala.
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Creator
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Travis, Helen Simon, Magil, A. B. (Abraham Bernard)
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Date Issued
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1954
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Identifier
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1927439, CFDT1927439, ucf:4834
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927439
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New opportunities in the fight for peace and democracy: Main report delivered at the National Conference of the Communist Party, U.S.A.
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Creator
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Stevens, Andrew
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Date Issued
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1953
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Identifier
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1745499, CFDT1745499, ucf:4783
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1745499
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America's road to socialism.
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Creator
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Cannon, James Patrick
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Date Issued
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1953
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Identifier
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886199, CFDT886199, ucf:5610
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/886199
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Public enemies in public office.
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Creator
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Hirsch, Carl
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Date Issued
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1951
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Identifier
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2700026, CFDT2700026, ucf:5152
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Document (PDF)
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2700026
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Title
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Agents of peace.
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Creator
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Kahn, Albert Eugene
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Date Issued
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c1951
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Identifier
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370380, CFDT370380, ucf:5493
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/370380
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" Welfare state" or socialism?.
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Creator
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Preis, Art
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Date Issued
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1950
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Identifier
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2683061, CFDT2683061, ucf:5015
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683061
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Eugene Dennis indicts the Wall Street conspirators.
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Creator
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Dennis, Eugene
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Date Issued
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1948
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Identifier
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360092, CFDT360092, ucf:5250
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/360092
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Title
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Liberalism and Sovietism.
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Creator
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Lewis, Alfred Baker
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Date Issued
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c1946
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Identifier
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1927460, CFDT1927460, ucf:4843
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927460
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America at the crossroads: Postwar problems and communist policy.
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Creator
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Dennis, Eugene
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Date Issued
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1945
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369655, CFDT369655, ucf:5468
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/369655
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American workers need a labor party.
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Creator
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Hansen, Joseph
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Date Issued
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1944
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Identifier
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363251, CFDT363251, ucf:5278
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363251
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A Russian view of the Moscow trials.
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Creator
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Barmine, Alexandre, Dewey, John, Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst, Strunsky, Simeon
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Date Issued
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1938
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Identifier
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2180950, CFDT2180950, ucf:4942
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2180950
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The People's front: The new betrayal.
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Creator
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Burnham, James
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Date Issued
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c1937
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Identifier
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1927044, CFDT1927044, ucf:4797
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927044
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China and the U. S. A.
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Creator
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Browder, Earl Russell
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Date Issued
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1937
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Identifier
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361645, CFDT361645, ucf:5264
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/361645
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Title
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Rifle rule in Cuba.
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Creator
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Beals, Carleton, Odets, Clifford, Provisional Committee for Cuba
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Date Issued
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1935
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Identifier
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886194, CFDT886194, ucf:5605
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/886194
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