The Romance of Small-Town Chautauquas
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: November 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780826214409
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Cultural studies; Other public performances & spectacles; Social history; 20th century; Social Science; Popular Culture; History - U.S.; Sociology; USA; Adult & Continuing Education; United States - State & Local - General; History; Popular Culture - General; Chautauquas; United States
Description: "In The Romance of Small-Town Chautauquas, James Schultz offers a unique pictorial study of a cultural movement that started in 1904 and spread across the country. For almost thirty years, tent shows known as "chautauquas" brought popular education and entertainment to small towns in America from coast to coast. With more than one hundred photographs and other illustrations from the era, the book presents a captivating overview of the tent chautauqua movement from its inception to its demise in 1932.".

"Schultz utilizes the existing literature on chautauquas, but he contributes much new information from the files of his father and uncle, both of whom were involved in the management of the Redpath Chautauquas, as well as interviews he conducted with individuals who remember attending chautauqua performances.

Celebrating a fascinating chapter of America's cultural history, The Romance of Small-Town Chautauquas will appeal to students of American history and chroniclers of the entertainment industry."--BOOK JACKET.