The Chautauqua Moment: Protestants, Progressives, and the Culture of Modern Liberalism, 1874-1920 Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Chautauqua's Liberal Creed	1
1	An American Forum: Methodist Camp Meetings and the Rise of Social Christianity	15
2	The Never-ending Vacation: Boosters, Tourists, and the Fantasyscape of Chautauqua	47
3	Canopy of Culture: Democracy under the Big Tent of Prosperity	86
4	The Liberalism of Whiteness: Webs of Region, Race, and Nationalism in the Chautauqua Movement	128
5	From Parlor to Politics: Chautauqua and the Institutionalization of Middle-Class Womanhood	161
6	Useful Knowledge and Its Critics: The Messiness of Popular Education in the 1890s	207
7	Success through Failure: Chautauqua in the Progressive Era	240
	Conclusion: Failure Through Success?	286
App. A	Independent Chautauqua Assemblies Founded 1874-1899	295
App. B	CLSC Incoming Class Enrollment and Graduates, 1874-1914	299
	Abbreviations	301
	Notes	303
	Bibliography	373
	Index	387