{"product_id":"sea-change-at-annapolis-the-united-states-naval-academy-19492000-9780807830475","title":"Sea Change at Annapolis: The United States Naval Academy  1949-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince 1845  the United States Naval Academy has prepared professional military leaders at its Annapolis  Maryland  campus. Although it remains steeped in a culture of tradition and discipline  the Academy is not impervious to change. Dispelling the myth that the Academy is a bastion of tradition unmarked by progress  H. Michael Gelfand examines challenges to the Naval Academys culture from both inside and outside the Academys walls between 1949 and 2000  an era of dramatic social change in American history.  Drawing on more than two hundred oral histories  extensive archival research  and his own participatory observation at the Academy  Gelfand demonstrates that events at Annapolis reflect the transformation of American culture and society at large in the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. In eight chapters  he discusses recruiting and minority midshipmen  the end of mandatory attendance at religious services  womens experiences as they sought and achieved admission and later served as midshipmen  and the responses of multiple generations of midshipmen to societal changes  particularly during the Vietnam War era. This cultural history not only sheds light on events at the Naval Academy but also offers a novel perspective on democratic ideals in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647627550773,"sku":"ByrdShop_080783047X","price":140.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807830475.jpg?v=1781696595","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sea-change-at-annapolis-the-united-states-naval-academy-19492000-9780807830475","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}