The Traveling Chautauqua
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476677736 (ISBN)
Before radio and sound movies, early 20th century performers and lecturers traveled the nation providing entertainment and education to Americans thirsty for culture. These "chautauquas" brought politicians, activists, scholars, musical ensembles and theatrical productions to remote communities. A conduit for global perspectives and progressive ideas, these gatherings introduced issues like equal suffrage, prohibition and pure food laws to rural America.
This book explores an overlooked yet influential movement in U.S. history, capturing the vagaries of speakers' and performers' lives on the road and their reception by audiences. Excerpts from lectures and plays portray a vibrant circuit that in a single summer drew 20 million in more than 9,000 towns.
Roger E. Barrows has taught humanities at Valencia College in Orlando, Florida, for over two decades and has worked extensively with young people at Northeast Music Camp and the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York.
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
1. Great American Road Trip
2. Hyacinths for the Soul
3. Song of the Open Road
4. A Platform and a Passion
5. That Old-Time Religion
6. Heart to Heart
7. This Is Business
Epilogue
Appendix A: “I Am What I Am”
Appendix B: Chautauqua Towns on a Single Circuit, 1922
Appendix C: Summer Schedule for Two Circuits
Appendix D: “What I Saw on the 1913 Redpath-Horner Chautauquas: As the Humorist Saw It,” by Charles T. Griffey, of Rogers & Griffey, Entertainers
Appendix E: “Seeing Texas and Oklahoma,” by Father D. J. Cronin
Appendix F: “You Are in This for Money,” by J. R. Teagarden, Division Superintendent, Redpath-Horner System
Appendix G: “Chautauqua,” by Charles R. Taggart
Appendix H: Chautauqua Plays
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 55 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 313 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781476677736 / 9781476677736 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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