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The long road to Annapolis

by Leeman, William P.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : University of North Carolina Press, (Chapel Hill :) Physical details: xiii, 292 p. : ill.
Subject(s): 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. | Electronic books.
Year: 2010
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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