The Chautauqua moment : Protestants, progressives, and the culture of modern liberalism /

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This book traces the rise and decline of what Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America." The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in western New York. More than a college or a summer resort or a religious assembly, it was a composite...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rieser, Andrew Chamberlin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2003.
Series:Religion and American culture (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Chautauquas > United States > History.
Protestant churches > Education > United States > History.
Middle class > Education > United States > History.
Chautauquas > États-Unis > Histoire.
Églises protestantes > Éducation > États-Unis > Histoire.
EDUCATION > Adult & Continuing Education.
EDUCATION > Non-Formal Education.
RELIGION > General.
Chautauquas.
Middle class > Education.
Protestant churches > Education.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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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