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Author:

Leeman, William P.

Title:

The long road to Annapolis : the founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic / William P. Leeman.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xiii, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States Naval Academy--History--19th century.
Military education--History--United States--History--19th century.
United States.--Navy--History--Training of--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 (p. [269]-281) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

The Long Road to Annapolis examines the origins of the United States Naval Academy and the national debate that led to its founding. --from publisher description.

ISBN:

0807833835 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807833834 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)441211320

LCCN:

2009044822

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)