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.