LEADER 04120nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910777467903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-50113-7 024 7 $a10.7312/ries12642 035 $a(CKB)1000000000445275 035 $a(EBL)909063 035 $a(OCoLC)818856576 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000120312 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130305 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000120312 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10081003 035 $a(PQKB)10822759 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC909063 035 $a(DE-B1597)459262 035 $a(OCoLC)1013953038 035 $a(OCoLC)940695574 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231501132 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000445275 100 $a20030306d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Chautauqua moment$b[electronic resource] $eProtestants, progressives, and the culture of modern liberalism /$fAndrew C. Rieser 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (417 p.) 225 0 $aReligion and American Culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-12642-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Chautauqua's Liberal Creed --$t1. An American Forum: Methodist Camp Meetings and the Rise of Social Christianity --$t2. The Never-ending Vacation: Boosters, Tourists, and the Fantasyscape of Chautauqua --$t3. Canopy of Culture: Democracy under the Big Tent of Prosperity --$t4. The Liberalism of Whiteness: Webs of Region, Race, and Nationalism in the Chautauqua Movement --$t5. From Parlor to Politics: Chautauqua and the Institutionalization of Middle-Class Womanhood --$t6. Useful Knowledge and Its Critics: The Messiness of Popular Education in the 1890s --$t7. Success through Failure: Chautauqua in the Progressive Era --$tConclusion: Failure Through Success? --$tAppendixes --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis book traces the rise and decline of what Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America." The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in western New York. More than a college or a summer resort or a religious assembly, it was a composite of all of these-completely derivative yet brilliantly innovative. For five decades, Chautauqua dominated adult education and reached millions with its summer assemblies, reading clubs, and traveling circuits.Scholars have long struggled to make sense of Chautauqua's pervasive yet disorganized presence in American life. In this critical study, Andrew Rieser weaves the threads of Chautauqua into a single story and places it at the vital center of fin de siècle cultural and political history. Famous for its commitment to democracy, women's rights, and social justice, Chautauqua was nonetheless blind to issues of class and race. How could something that trumpeted democracy be so undemocratic in practice? The answer, Rieser argues, lies in the historical experience of the white, Protestant middle classes, who struggled to reconcile their parochial interests with radically new ideas about social progress and the state. The Chautauqua Moment brings color to a colorless demographic and spins a fascinating tale of modern liberalism's ambivalent but enduring cultural legacy. 410 0$aReligion and American Culture 606 $aChautauquas$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aProtestant churches$xEducation$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMiddle class$xEducation$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aChautauquas$xHistory. 615 0$aProtestant churches$xEducation$xHistory. 615 0$aMiddle class$xEducation$xHistory. 676 $a374/.973 700 $aRieser$b Andrew Chamberlin$01560470 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777467903321 996 $aThe Chautauqua moment$93826442 997 $aUNINA