The long road to Annapolis
Subtitle: the founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic
By: William P. Leeman.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780807833834
Subjects: United States Naval Academy -- History -- 19th century; United States. -- Navy -- Officers -- Training of -- History -- 19th century; Military education -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Democracy and education -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : armed ambassadors; title: Prologue : the maddest idea in the world; title: Defending the New Republic; title: Learning the ropes; title: A West Point for the Navy?; title: Academies and aristocracy in Andrew Jackson's America; title: The sword and the pen; title: Mutiny, midshipmen, and the middle class; title: Annapolis.