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In Every Town and Village: Adaptive Strategies in the Communication of Krishna Consciousness in the UK, the First Thirty Years

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In Every Town and Village: Adaptive Strategies in the Communication of Krishna Consciousness in the UK, the First Thirty Years. / Knott, Kim.
In: Social Compass, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2000, p. 153-166.

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Knott, K 2000, 'In Every Town and Village: Adaptive Strategies in the Communication of Krishna Consciousness in the UK, the First Thirty Years', Social Compass, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 153-166. https://doi.org/10.1177/003776800047002002

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Knott, K. (2000). In Every Town and Village: Adaptive Strategies in the Communication of Krishna Consciousness in the UK, the First Thirty Years. Social Compass, 47(2), 153-166. https://doi.org/10.1177/003776800047002002

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Knott K. In Every Town and Village: Adaptive Strategies in the Communication of Krishna Consciousness in the UK, the First Thirty Years. Social Compass. 2000;47(2):153-166. doi: 10.1177/003776800047002002

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Knott, Kim. / In Every Town and Village: Adaptive Strategies in the Communication of Krishna Consciousness in the UK, the First Thirty Years. In: Social Compass. 2000 ; Vol. 47, No. 2. pp. 153-166.

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