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Latest Issue of Communal Societies

Communal Societies Journal Vol 43, No. 2

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CARL GUARNERI
Revisiting Backwoods Utopias at 75: Arthur Bestor’s Scholarship and Its Legacy 1

MICHAEL BARKUN
The Burned-over District at 75: Whitney Cross’s Analysis and Its Problems 17

OLIVIA KRALL
Living in Disharmony: Women’s Ex…

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2025 CSA Conference Is Set for Amana, IA

The next CSA Conference will be held October 9-11, 2025, in Amana, IA.

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Latest Issue of Communal Societies

Communal Societies Journal Vol 43, No. 2

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2025 CSA Conference Is Set for Amana, IA