Vague Text - 11. Periodicities of Property and Debt

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Query: 11. Periodicities of Property and Debt

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No a priori scheme will work, for there are too many possibilities of variation and idiosyncrasy. (See Needham/Hocart[1] 1970: p. xxxix.)

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  1. Rodney Needham (ed.), introduction to Arthur M. Hocart, Kings and Councillors (Chicago: 1970 [1936]), p. xxxix.