The Chautauqua moment Protestants, progressives, and the culture of modern liberalism
Title:
The Chautauqua moment Protestants, progressives, and the culture of modern liberalism
Author:
Rieser, Andrew Chamberlin.
ISBN:
9780231501132
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Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 399 p.)
Series:
Religion and American culture
Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)
Contents:
Chautauqua's liberal creed -- An American forum: Methodist camp meetings and the rise of social Christianity -- The never-ending vacation: Boosters, tourists, and the fantasyscape of Chautauqua -- Canopy of culture: Democracy under the big tent of prosperity -- The liberalism of whiteness: Webs of region, race, and nationalism in the Chautauqua movement -- From parlor to politics: Chautauqua and the institutionalization of middle-class womanhood -- Useful knowledge and its critics: The messiness of popular education in the 1890s -- Success through failure: Chautauqua in the progressive era.
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