The long road to Annapolis the founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic /

Leeman, William P.

The long road to Annapolis the founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic / [electronic resource] : William P. Leeman. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010. - xiii, 292 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and index.

Introduction : armed ambassadors -- Prologue : the maddest idea in the world -- Defending the New Republic -- Learning the ropes -- A West Point for the Navy? -- Academies and aristocracy in Andrew Jackson's America -- The sword and the pen -- Mutiny, midshipmen, and the middle class -- Annapolis -- Epilogue : homecoming.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





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United States Naval Academy--History--19th century.
United States. Navy --Officers--Training of--History--19th century.


Military education--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Political culture--History--United States--19th century.
Nationalism--History--United States--19th century.
Democracy and education--History--United States--19th century.


Electronic books.

V415.L1 / L44 2010

359.0071/173