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"You Have Guns and So Have We...": An Ethnohistoric Analysis of Creek and Seminole Combat Behaviors
Title
"You Have Guns and So Have We...": An Ethnohistoric Analysis of Creek and Seminole Combat Behaviors.
Creator
Lawres, Nathan, Howard, Rosalyn, Barber, Sarah, Walker, John, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Resistance to oppression is a globally recognized cultural phenomenon that displays a remarkable amount of variation in its manifestations over both time and space. This cultural phenomenon is particularly evident among the Native American cultural groups of the Southeastern United States. Throughout the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries the European and American states employed tactics and implemented laws aimed at expanding the geographic boundaries of their respective states into the...
Show moreResistance to oppression is a globally recognized cultural phenomenon that displays a remarkable amount of variation in its manifestations over both time and space. This cultural phenomenon is particularly evident among the Native American cultural groups of the Southeastern United States. Throughout the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries the European and American states employed tactics and implemented laws aimed at expanding the geographic boundaries of their respective states into the Tribal Zone of the Southeast. None of these groups, however, sat passively during this process; they employed resistive tactics and strategies aimed at maintaining their freedoms, their lives, and their traditional sociocultural structures. However, the resistive tactics and strategies, primarily manifested in the medium of warfare, have gone relatively unnoticed by scholars of the disciplines of history and anthropology, typically regarded simply as guerrilla in nature. This research presents a new analytical model that is useful in qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing the behaviors employed in combat scenarios. Using the combat behaviors of Muskhogean speaking cultural groups as a case study, such as the Creeks and Seminoles and their Protohistoric predecessors, this model has shown that indigenous warfare in this region was complex, dynamic, and adaptive. This research has further implications in that it has documented the evolution of Seminole combat behaviors into the complex and dynamic behaviors that were displayed during the infamous Second Seminole War. Furthermore, the model used in this research provides a fluid and adaptive base for the analysis of the combat behaviors of other cultural groups world-wide.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
CFE0004280, ucf:49532
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004280
How Much is that War in the Window? An Investigation into the Costs of War
Title
How Much is that War in the Window? An Investigation into the Costs of War.
Creator
Miller, Spencer, Mousseau, Michael, Kinsey, Barbara, Dolan, Thomas, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This thesis examines the effects of war on a state's economy. The Liberal Theory of international relations maintains that there are costs to war in terms of trade; in line with this argument, many researchers have suggested that trading partners are less likely to war with each other out of a fear of disrupting their trade, which would in turn disrupt their economies. Due to issues of elasticity and substitution, however, overall trade may not significantly decline during war. Additionally,...
Show moreThis thesis examines the effects of war on a state's economy. The Liberal Theory of international relations maintains that there are costs to war in terms of trade; in line with this argument, many researchers have suggested that trading partners are less likely to war with each other out of a fear of disrupting their trade, which would in turn disrupt their economies. Due to issues of elasticity and substitution, however, overall trade may not significantly decline during war. Additionally, there are known economic costs of war, such as debt. If war truly does have costs, then, it must be more in terms of costs to the national economy, rather than trade. This work examines the theory that war has costs to the economies of war initiators, and samples the economies of war initiators from the mid-nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. This paper uses a time series analysis and tests for anterior, concurrent, and posterior effects of war initiation on national economies, and uses a time period of up to twenty years before and after each war event. The results indicate that there are, in general, no negative effects of war on a state's economy: only one case had a significant negative result, while two had significant positive results; these two positive cases, however, also had strong evidence of autocorrelation. These results pose a challenge to the Liberal Theories of International Relations.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0005669, ucf:50198
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005669
THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON DEMOCRATIC WARFARE
Title
THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON DEMOCRATIC WARFARE.
Creator
Rakower, Andres, Vasquez, Joseph Paul, Kang, Kyungkook, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This study was done to see the effects of a war on the economy and the internal politics of the United States. In selecting the engagement, we would study we agreed the Iraq War would be aided by a large amount of sampling of public opinion that was more nuanced than in previous wars. The Iraq War was a very complicated war, as it was controversial from the beginning and became a political issue while continuing to be a war fought by Americans abroad. Based on the literature, there were many...
Show moreThis study was done to see the effects of a war on the economy and the internal politics of the United States. In selecting the engagement, we would study we agreed the Iraq War would be aided by a large amount of sampling of public opinion that was more nuanced than in previous wars. The Iraq War was a very complicated war, as it was controversial from the beginning and became a political issue while continuing to be a war fought by Americans abroad. Based on the literature, there were many starting effects and assumptions that were accounted for such as the 'rally round the flag effect.' As a historical landmark, the Iraq War is important for being a significant conflict after the Vietnam War, another very controversial conflict in the eyes of the American public. The hypothesis that I presented were not supported by the data. The impact of the war on the economy was not strong enough that it would create pressure for the sort of model I created to apply. In this model the economic problems faced domestically could lead to more unemployment and therefore to higher military recruitment rates. While this was partially true in 2008, the consequence was not a significantly higher amount of people in the military. Ultimately, this project requires to be done in a more thorough setting where effects may be compared with those of other similar countries in similar scenarios.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFH2000435, ucf:45816
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000435
Chief Bowlegs and the Banana Garden: A Reassessment of the Beginning of the Third Seminole War
Title
Chief Bowlegs and the Banana Garden: A Reassessment of the Beginning of the Third Seminole War.
Creator
Settle, John, Murphree, Daniel, Crepeau, Richard, Larson, Peter, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This study examines in depth the most common interpretation of the opening of the Third Seminole War (1855-1858). The interpretation in question was authored almost thirty years after the beginning of the war, and it alleges that the destruction of a Seminole banana plant garden by United States soldiers was the direct cause of the conflict. This study analyzes the available primary records as well as traces the entire historiography of the Third Seminole War in order to ascertain how and why...
Show moreThis study examines in depth the most common interpretation of the opening of the Third Seminole War (1855-1858). The interpretation in question was authored almost thirty years after the beginning of the war, and it alleges that the destruction of a Seminole banana plant garden by United States soldiers was the direct cause of the conflict. This study analyzes the available primary records as well as traces the entire historiography of the Third Seminole War in order to ascertain how and why the banana garden account has had such an impactful and long-lasting effect. Based on available evidence, it is clear that the lack of fully contextualized primary records, combined with the failure of historians to deviate from or challenge previous scholarship, has led to a persistent reliance on the banana garden interpretation that continues to the present. Despite the highly questionable and problematic nature of this account, it has dominated the historiography on the topic and is found is almost every written source that addresses the beginning of the Third Seminole War. This thesis refutes the validity of the banana garden interpretation, and in addition, provides alternative explanations for the Florida Seminoles' decision to wage war against the United States during the 1850s.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0005710, ucf:50116
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005710
From the first World War to the second
Title
From the first World War to the second.
Creator
Nemo
Date Issued
1934
Identifier
2100237, CFDT2100237, ucf:4898
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2100237
From the first World War to the second
Title
From the first World War to the second.
Creator
Nemo
Date Issued
1934
Identifier
2100305, CFDT2100305, ucf:4905
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2100305
The U.S.S.R. and Finland, historical, economic, political: Facts and documents
Title
The U.S.S.R. and Finland, historical, economic, political: Facts and documents.
Creator
Brody, Alter
Date Issued
1939
Identifier
2683222, CFDT2683222, ucf:5042
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683222
The war crisis : questions and answers
Title
The war crisis : questions and answers.
Creator
Foster, William Z.
Date Issued
1940
Identifier
2669167, CFDT2669167, ucf:5003
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2669167
The war in Spain
Title
The war in Spain.
Creator
Fischer, Louis
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
2669169, CFDT2669169, ucf:5004
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2669169
Writers take sides; letters about the war in Spain from 418 American authors
Title
Writers take sides; letters about the war in Spain from 418 American authors.
Creator
League of American Writers
Date Issued
1938
Identifier
2660259, CFDT2660259, ucf:4977
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2660259
... Is this a war for freedom?
Title
... Is this a war for freedom?.
Creator
Fischer, Ernst
Date Issued
1940
Identifier
2683753, CFDT2683753, ucf:5131
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683753
Heroic Spain
Title
Heroic Spain.
Creator
Marty, André Pierre
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
363363, CFDT363363, ucf:5307
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363363
Unity for Spain: Correpsondence between the Communist International and the Labor and Socialist International, June-July 1937
Title
Unity for Spain: Correpsondence between the Communist International and the Labor and Socialist International, June-July 1937.
Creator
Communist International, Labour and Socialist International
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
2683087, CFDT2683087, ucf:5028
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683087
Spain's Year of War
Title
Spain's Year of War.
Creator
Dimitrov, Georgi
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
2683218, CFDT2683218, ucf:5040
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683218
Manifesto of the Fourth International on the imperialist war and the proletarian revolution
Title
Manifesto of the Fourth International on the imperialist war and the proletarian revolution.
Creator
Fourth International Emergency Conference (1940), Socialist Workers Party
Date Issued
1940
Identifier
671336, CFDT671336, ucf:5551
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671336
Moscow, Cairo, Teheran
Title
Moscow, Cairo, Teheran.
Creator
Browder, Earl Russell
Date Issued
1944
Identifier
671396, CFDT671396, ucf:5563
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671396
The Spanish revolution
Title
The Spanish revolution.
Creator
Togliatti, Palmiro, M. Ercoli [pseud.]
Date Issued
1936
Identifier
671414, CFDT671414, ucf:5581
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671414
The Soviet people at war
Title
The Soviet people at war.
Creator
Bessie, Alvah Cecil
Date Issued
1942
Identifier
2700036, CFDT2700036, ucf:5157
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2700036
Biology and war
Title
Biology and war.
Creator
Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)
Date Issued
1915
Identifier
331856, CFDT331856, ucf:5170
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/331856
The seven years war: The capture of Berlin by the Russians in 1760
Title
The seven years war: The capture of Berlin by the Russians in 1760.
Creator
Osipov, K.
Date Issued
1942
Identifier
671284, CFDT671284, ucf:5534
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671284

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