Canning, Charlotte M. The Most American Thing in America: Circuit Chautauqua as Performance. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2005.

Canning takes a look at the speeches, the children's programs, and the dramas performed on Chautauqua stages as uniquely "American" products reflecting small town unity and political ideas of the day.

Referenced in:
The Most American Thing in America: The Chautauqua