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Learning From Las Vegas: Gambling, Technology, Capitalism, And Addiction, David T. Courtwright

History Faculty Research and Scholarship

Gambling has always led to addictive behavior in some individuals. However, the number and types of addicted gamblers have changed over time and in response to specific gambling environments. Recent work by historians, journalists, and anthropologists, reviewed in this paper, suggests that the situation worsened during the modern era, and that it has become worse still during the last half century. Technological, organizational, and marketing innovations have “weaponized” gambling, increasing both the likelihood that people will gamble and that they will gamble compulsively—a phenomenon with parallels to several other consumer products, including processed food, digitized games, and psychoactive drugs.

Joseph Carpentieri, Joseph Carpentieri, Charles Closmann

Single Oral History Interviews and Transcripts

Interview between Joseph Carpentieri and Charles Closmann, including Bea Carpentieri.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Shirley Chisholm, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Shirley Chisholm Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Shirley Chisholm. First issued January 31, 2014, 37th in a series.

Before King Came: The Foundations Of Civil Rights Movement Resistance And St. Augustine, Florida, 1900-1960, James G. Smith

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called St. Augustine, Florida, the most racist city in America. The resulting demonstrations and violence in the summer of 1964 only confirmed King’s characterization of the city. Yet, St. Augustine’s black history has its origins with the Spanish who founded the city in 1565. With little racial disturbance until the modern civil rights movement, why did St. Augustine erupt in the way it did?

With the beginnings of Jim Crow in Florida around the turn of the century in 1900, St. Augustine’s black community began to resist the growing marginalization of their community. …

From Chaos To Order: Balancing Cross-Cultural Communication In The Pre-Colonial And Colonial Southeast, Nicole Lynn Gallucci

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This Master’s Thesis examines the ways in which the culturally distinct groups who inhabited the pre-colonial and colonial Southeast approached cross-cultural communication. The extensive and violent entradas led by Spaniards into the Southeastern interior in the 1500s represent a watershed moment in North American history that deeply impacted the economic, social, and geopolitical landscapes of an already well-populated and politically sophisticated region. The subsequent establishment of St. Augustine in 1565 and the arrival of the British in the mid-seventeenth century are similarly seen as pivotal moments in the region’s history that forced many culturally and linguistically dissimilar groups to interact. …

The Struggle Against Bandits: The Cuban Revolution And Responses To Cia-Sponsored Counter-Revolutionary Activity, 1959-1963, Anthony Rossodivito M

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Following the 1959 victory of the Cuban revolution, the United States government along with the CIA and their Cuban émigré allies immediately undertook a campaign of subversion and terrorism against the Cuban revolution. From 1959 until 1963 a clandestine war was waged between supporters of the revolution and the counter-revolutionary organizations backed by Washington. This project is a new synthesis of this little-known story. It is an attempt to shed light on a little known aspect of the conflict between the United States government and the Cuban revolution by bringing together never-before seen primary sources, and utilizing the two distinct …

American Commemorative Panels: Ray Charles, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Ray Charles Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Ray Charles. First issued September 23, 2013.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: Althea Gibson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Althea Gibson Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for Althea Gibson. First issued August 23, 2013, 36th in a series.

American Commemorative Panels: The 1963 March On Washington, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for The 1963 March on Washington Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information on The 1963 March on Washington. First issued August 23, 2013.

American Commemorative Panels: Rosa Parks, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Rosa Parks Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Rosa Parks. First issued February 4, 2013.

American Commemorative Panels: Emancipation Proclamation, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps and information about the Emancipation Proclamation. First issued January 1, 2013.

Did You Say You Were Tired Of Giving?, Community Chest (Jacksonville, Fla.)

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Leaflet soliciting donations for the Community Chest from the Members of the Drive Committee of the Colored Division, Mr. A. L. Lewis -Chairman. The donations helped several affiliated agencies: Old Folks Home, Sunshine Day Nursery, Provisional work of Colored Y. W. C. A., Traveler’s Aid Society, Clara White Mission, and Jacksonville Negro Welfare League. Leaflet printed by The Florida Sentinel Print. Undated.

A Short History Of Drug Policy Or Why We Make War On Some Drugs But Not On Others, David T. Courtwright

History Faculty Research and Scholarship

Overseas trade and European expansion in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries turned psychoactive drugs, including spirituous alcohol and tobacco, into global products. From the beginning, the commerce provoked controversy. Doctors argued about the indications, dosages, and risks of imported drugs. When use spread beyond medicine, the state became involved. Some rulers resorted to mutilation and execution to enforce prohibitions, especially against tobacco smoking. None succeeded in stamping out the novel vice or in suppressing the cultivation of tobacco, which quickly became a global crop. ‘Mankind has found too few comforts,’ wrote historian V.G. Kiernan, ‘to let itself be robbed …

Una Breve Historia De Políticas Sobre Drogas, O Por Qué Declaramos La Guerra A Unas Drogas Y No A Otras, David T. Courtwright

History Faculty Research and Scholarship

El comercio de ultramar y la expansión europea durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII convirtieron las sustancias psicoactivas, incluidos el tabaco y las bebidas alcohólicas, en productos globales. Desde sus inicios, el comercio de estos productos generó controversias. Los médicos discutían acerca de las indicaciones, dosis y riesgos de las drogas importadas. Cuando el uso de éstas se extendió más allá del campo de la medicina, el Estado intervino. Algunos gobernantes recurrieron a la mutilación y las ejecuciones para hacer cumplir las prohibiciones, particularmente la que pesaba contra fumar tabaco. Ninguno tuvo éxito en erradicar este nuevo vicio ni …

American Commemorative Panels: Innovative Choreographers, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational page for Innovative Choreographers (Katherine Dunham) Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the stamp and information about the Innovative Choreographers. First issued July 28, 2012.

U.S. President Barack Obama, Portland, Or, Svg Postal Corporation

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

"U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign fundraiser at the Oregon Convention Center", Mustique, sheet of 4 stamps, The President Obama International Stamp Collection.

American Commemorative Panels: Major League Baseball All-Stars: Willie Stargell, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Major League Baseball All-Stars: Willie Stargell Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Major League Baseball All-Stars: Willie Stargell. First issued July 21, 2012.

American Commemorative Panels: Major League Baseball All-Stars: Larry Doby, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Major League Baseball All-Stars: Larry Doby Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Major League Baseball All-Stars: Larry Doby. First issued July 21, 2012.

American Commemorative Panels: Major League Baseball All-Stars, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational page for Major League Baseball All-Stars Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, some information about the physical stamp and information about Major League Baseball All-Stars. First issued July 20, 2012.

Mr. & Mrs. J. Rosamond Johnson's Calling Card

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Calling card: With Mr. & Mrs. J. Rosamond Johnson's compliments, Wynstay, Golders Green Road, London, N.W.. Undated.

Contribution Form For The Old Folks Home

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Form: Poem "Mother" and photograph of Mrs. Clara White printed on Contribution blank for donations to Old Folks Home Association. Undated.

Old Folks Home Card

Eartha M. M. White Textual Material

Card: Old Folks Home, Miss Eartha M. M. White, Jacksonville, Florida. Undated.

American Commemorative Panels: Miles Davis & Edith Piaf, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Miles Davis & Edith Piaf Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Miles Davis & Edith Piaf. First issued June 12, 2012.

American Commemorative Panels: Twentieth-Century Poets, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Twentieth-Century Poets (Gwendolyn Brooks) Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information about the Twentieth-Century Poets.. First issued April 21, 2012.

U.S. President Barack Obama, Svg Postal Corporation

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Washington D.C. – April 20, 2012, President Obama signs a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House, Mustique, Grenadines of St. Vincent, sheet of one stamp. The President Obama International Stamp Collection.

American Commemorative Panels: William H. Johnson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational page for William H. Johnson Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps and biographical information for William H. Johnson. First issued April 11, 2012.

Black Heritage Stamp Series: John H. Johnson, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for John H. Johnson Commemorative stamp – Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamps and biographical information for John H. Johnson. First issued January 31, 2012, 35th in a series.

Jacksonville's Greatest Generation: The Contribution Of African American Veterans To The Civil Rights Movement 1945-1960, Bryan Arch Wayne Higham

UNF Undergraduate Capstone Projects and Honors Theses

This research explores the role of returning African American veterans in the Civil Rights Movement in Jacksonville from 1945-1960. Black World War II veterans not only faced the typical challenges of returning to civilian life, but took up the fight for equality as well. While this work acknowledges existing arguments about black veterans in the Civil Rights Movement, it emphasizes and analyzes the importance of their military benefits and experience. African American soldiers received training in various fields like combat, supply, and intelligence. This training translated into useful skills in the postwar period. The experiences of black soldiers while overseas …

U.S. President Barack Obama, Honolulu, Hi, Gambia Postal Services Corporation

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

President Barack Obama disembarks from Air Force One at Joint Base Pearl Harbor, The Gambia, sheet of one stamp. The President Obama International Stamp Collection.

American Commemorative Panels: Romare Bearden, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division

Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection

Informational pages for Romare Bearden Commemorative Stamp – American Commemorative Panels, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for Romare Bearden. First issued September 28, 2011.