The Long Road to Annapolis : The Founding of the Naval Academy and the Emerging American Republic /

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The United States established an academy for educating future army officers at West Point in 1802. Why, then, did it take this maritime nation forty-three more years to create a similar school for the navy? The Long Road to Annapolis examines the origins of the United States Naval Academy and the na...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Leeman, William P.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States. > Navy.
United States Naval Academy.
United States. > Navy > Officers > Training of > History > 19th century.
United States Naval Academy > History > 19th century.
Political culture.
Nationalism.
Military education > Social aspects.
Democracy and education.
Armed Forces > Officers > Training of.
Democratie et education > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nationalisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Democracy and education > United States > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Military education > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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