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Chautauqua Moment by Andrew Chamberlin Reiser
Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Modern Liberalism, 1874-1920
This is the story of a historical moment in which powerful religious, economic, and political forces collided to create a unique cultural enterprise. What Theodore Roosevelt once called the "most American thing in America" began in 1874 on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in western New York. It was neither a college nor a summer resort nor a religious assembly, but a composite of all of these - completely derivative yet brilliantly innovative. For five decades, the Chautauqua Movement dominated adult education and reached millions with its summer assemblies, reading clubs and traveling circuits.
Through a critical examination of Chautauqua's genesis, evolution and decline, Andrew Rieser presents important insights about the culture of modern liberalism. Famous for their commitment to democracy, progress and social justice, Chautauquans were nonetheless blinded by issues of class and race. How could something that trumpeted democracy be so undemocratic in practice? The answer 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. |
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| Author(s) : Andrew Chamberlin Reiser | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0231126425 | ISBN-13 : 9780231126427 |
| RRP : £25.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Religion & American Culture S.
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 15/10/2003
Publisher : University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Page Length : 416mm
Page Size : 237mm