LEADER 03037nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910785198903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0403-5 010 $a0-8078-9582-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000037573 035 $a(EBL)565699 035 $a(OCoLC)656857206 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000422294 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304982 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422294 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416136 035 $a(PQKB)10513626 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245858 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23448 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL565699 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10405055 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930685 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC565699 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000037573 100 $a20091026d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe long road to Annapolis$b[electronic resource] $ethe founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic /$fWilliam P. Leeman 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1487-1 311 $a0-8078-3383-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aThe 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 national debate that led to its founding.Americans early on looked with suspicion upon professional military officers, fearing that a standing military establishment would become too powerful, entrenched, or dangerous to republican ideals. Tracing debates about the nature of the nation, 606 $aMilitary education$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNationalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aDemocracy and education$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aMilitary education$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 615 0$aDemocracy and education$xHistory 676 $a359.0071/173 700 $aLeeman$b William P$01553343 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785198903321 996 $aThe long road to Annapolis$93813843 997 $aUNINA