Andrew Chamberlin Rieser: 1 book
The Chautauqua Moment
Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Modern Liberalism, 1874-1920
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2003
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...
