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1983 Florida State University Football Guide
Title
The 1983 Florida State University Football Guide.
Creator
Morton, Lisa, Hogan, Wayne, Pearson, Dan, Ellis, Steve, Jones, Jim
Abstract/Description
The FSU 1983 Press Guide includes facts about Florida State University and information on the 1983 football season, like the coaches, the players, and records.
Identifier
FSUHPUA_GV958F56S73_1983
Format
Document (PDF)
Prelude to Disaster
Title
Prelude to Disaster: Defending Confederate New Orleans.
Creator
Zwilling, Andrew, Jones, Jim, Grant, Jonathan, Hadden, Sally, Department of History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description
This thesis examines the defense of Confederate New Orleans during American Civil War, specifically during the year 1861 and the first four months of 1862. The importance of New Orleans to the South is first analyzed in order to give context for its defense. Then both the Confederate military perspective and the city's perspective are taken into account, resulting in the conclusion that the defense can be seen as an inevitable microcosm of the problems that generally plagued the Confederacy....
Show moreThis thesis examines the defense of Confederate New Orleans during American Civil War, specifically during the year 1861 and the first four months of 1862. The importance of New Orleans to the South is first analyzed in order to give context for its defense. Then both the Confederate military perspective and the city's perspective are taken into account, resulting in the conclusion that the defense can be seen as an inevitable microcosm of the problems that generally plagued the Confederacy. Lack of material resources and manpower, confusion and division between the local population and Confederate authority, disorganized and compartmentalized leadership and overwhelming Federal industrial advantage are all issues that can be seen both in the defense of New Orleans and the Confederacy as a whole.
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Date Issued
2009
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-0471
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It's a Man's World
Title
It's a Man's World: Women's Entrance into Male Spaces during World War II in Florida.
Creator
Duda, Kelley, Sinke, Suzanne, Harper, Kristine, Jones, Jim, Department of History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description
Was World War II a watershed for gender roles for Florida women? Researching wartime roles in Jacksonville, Florida, with additional support from Tampa and Panama City, I sought to explore Floridians' experience in: shipyards, the military, and postwar higher education. This clarified, to what degree if any, WWII acted as a watershed for gender roles. Historians discussed the unique opportunity the war brought for women in terms of paid labor. Indeed, shipyards opened positions of manual...
Show moreWas World War II a watershed for gender roles for Florida women? Researching wartime roles in Jacksonville, Florida, with additional support from Tampa and Panama City, I sought to explore Floridians' experience in: shipyards, the military, and postwar higher education. This clarified, to what degree if any, WWII acted as a watershed for gender roles. Historians discussed the unique opportunity the war brought for women in terms of paid labor. Indeed, shipyards opened positions of manual labor to women that never occurred before; the military recruited women into the WAVES and WACs. The venereal disease campaign also pinpointed women as dangerous carriers while it only sought to encourage male treatment. Yet, both propaganda and the mindset of these managers reinforced prewar roles and the temporality of the job. This thesis examines magazines and government posters as a foundation for understanding gender dynamics during the war. I analyze wage differences, social attitudes through newspapers, and treatment of women to strengthen this conclusion. Furthermore, the continued efforts in postwar advertisements reflected breadwinner/housewife expectations. Higher education also transitioned in Florida yet held onto these expectations. Florida State College for Women became Florida State University which operated as co-educational primarily for returning soldiers utilizing the G.I. bill. The school's handbook rhetoric, student newspaper, and meetings between deans and the president depicted differential treatment of female students compared to male students. The university sought to control and reinforce the respectability of female students. Analyzing Florida within the historical discourse of World War II allowed better understanding into how state officials, military personnel, and society shaped gender roles. However, even as reinforcement of gender roles continued, World War II acted as a seed for change. The opportunities did not generate a sudden change; the war afforded women opportunities to prove their capability and determination.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-7360
Format
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"According to Their Capacities and Talents"
Title
"According to Their Capacities and Talents": Frontier Attorneys in Tallahassee during the Territorial Period.
Creator
Maynard, Jackson Wilder, Hadden, Sally, Jones, Jim, Strait, Paul, Department of History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description
The thesis identifies and describes the practice of attorneys in frontier Tallahassee during the Territorial Period. The thesis will also address dichotomies posed by past historians regarding the nature of the practice of law during the early- to mid-nineteenth centuries. The first, propounded by historian Roscoe Pound, maintains that this era was a period of decline in the legal profession, but also a "Golden Age." The second, posed by historian Jerold Auerbach, maintains that lawyers...
Show moreThe thesis identifies and describes the practice of attorneys in frontier Tallahassee during the Territorial Period. The thesis will also address dichotomies posed by past historians regarding the nature of the practice of law during the early- to mid-nineteenth centuries. The first, propounded by historian Roscoe Pound, maintains that this era was a period of decline in the legal profession, but also a "Golden Age." The second, posed by historian Jerold Auerbach, maintains that lawyers during this period were "country lawyers" (in the model of Abraham Lincoln or Daniel Webster) or aristocrats. The thesis argues that attorneys practicing in frontier Tallahassee during this period were professional and quite competent; their actions do not give rise to the idea that this was a period of decline for the practice of law. The thesis also maintains that lawyers during this period were more in the model of aristocrats. The thesis also contains an appendix listing all those identified as have practiced in and about Tallahassee from 1824-1845 along with some brief biographical notes.
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Date Issued
2004
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-2639
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Military Career of General François-Êtienne Kellermann
Title
The Military Career of General François-Êtienne Kellermann: Cavalryman of the Empire from 1813 Through 1815.
Creator
Bonura, Michael A., Horward, Donald D., Jones, Jim, Grant, Jonathan, Department of History, Florida State University
Abstract/Description
The way in which Napoleon used cavalry to shape the battlefield and to support his infantry attacks made cavalry operations play a unique role in Napoleonic warfare. Studying the cavalry operations during the decline of the Empire from 1813 through 1815 enabled an analysis not only of the capabilities of the soldiers and leadership of the French cavalry, but also a better understanding of the changes that occurred in Napoleon's operational and strategic art of warfare. This study required an...
Show moreThe way in which Napoleon used cavalry to shape the battlefield and to support his infantry attacks made cavalry operations play a unique role in Napoleonic warfare. Studying the cavalry operations during the decline of the Empire from 1813 through 1815 enabled an analysis not only of the capabilities of the soldiers and leadership of the French cavalry, but also a better understanding of the changes that occurred in Napoleon's operational and strategic art of warfare. This study required an analysis of cavalry operations in all of the major campaigns in the period. The operations of General François-Ètienne Kellermann from 1813 through 1815 provided an excellent case study of cavalry operations to analyze the changes in Napoleonic warfare. This detailed analysis presented different conclusions than many historians and questions much of the traditional interpretation of the capabilities and operations of Napoleon and his armies.
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Date Issued
2006
Identifier
FSU_migr_etd-3551
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