TITLE:
A Society of gentlemen : midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, 1845-1861 / Mark C. Hunter.
Publication Date:
2010
Publication Information:
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,
Physical Description:
233 p. : ill.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
A Society of Gentlemen is a social history of US naval officer education at Annapolis, Maryland from 1845 to 1861. By combing statistical and scholarly analysis based on original research, it reveals that through the Naval Academy, the US Navy exhibited signs of a professional organization during the antebellum era.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781591143970
