6. Useful Knowledge and Its Critics: The Messiness of Popular Education in the 1890s

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction: Chautauqua’s Liberal Creed 1
5. 1. An American Forum: Methodist Camp Meetings and the Rise of Social Christianity 15
6. 2. The Never-ending Vacation: Boosters, Tourists, and the Fantasyscape of Chautauqua 47
7. 3. Canopy of Culture: Democracy under the Big Tent of Prosperity 86
8. 4. The Liberalism of Whiteness: Webs of Region, Race, and Nationalism in the Chautauqua Movement 128
9. 5. From Parlor to Politics: Chautauqua and the Institutionalization of Middle-Class Womanhood 161
10. 6. Useful Knowledge and Its Critics: The Messiness of Popular Education in the 1890s 207
11. 7. Success through Failure: Chautauqua in the Progressive Era 240
12. Conclusion: Failure Through Success? 286
13. Appendixes 295
14. Abbreviations 301
15. Notes 303
16. Bibliography 373
17. Index 387