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Blood, Sun, And Sacrifice : The Anatomy Of Violent Ritual In Post-Classic Mesoamerica, Michael Wayne Hurley
Blood, Sun, And Sacrifice : The Anatomy Of Violent Ritual In Post-Classic Mesoamerica, Michael Wayne Hurley
USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)
A paradox of sorts existed in Mesoamerica around the time following the demise of Tula, one that involved human sacrifice and its role in two similar cultures. While ritual killings presented themselves in the valley of Mexico as well as the Yucatan peninsula since the first civilizations evolved there, something had changed during the Toltec rule. The arrival of the benevolent leader Ce acatl Topiltzin, later called Quetzalcoatl, ushered in a time in which the Toltecs rarely practiced human sacrifice. Topiltzin, son of the first Toltec leader Mixcoatl, brought to the area a sense of peace and wealth that had …
Of Politics, Morality, And Tobacco Regulation, Karen Mae Dimon
Of Politics, Morality, And Tobacco Regulation, Karen Mae Dimon
USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)
The production, consumption, and regulation of tobacco is presently the subject of much discussion and debate. While the issues surrounding tobacco have been debated for decades, much of the current attention on tobacco is due to the many proposals to regulate tobacco, the state and class action lawsuits pending against the tobacco industry, and the damaging tobacco company documents that have recently been made public. Most tobacco control proposals are intent on expanding the presence of government in the tobacco industry through increased regulation and taxation. A majority of the controversy over tobacco regulation focuses on the role of government …