The author gratefully acknowledges the interest in and support for this study provided by Mildred Vasan of Greenwood Press, and the scholarly encouragement to pursue these topics from Colin Gray and Leon Sloss. Diane Wolf, Jeanette Rieck, Edward Tomezsko, and Madlyn Hanes of Pennsylvania State University, Delaware County, provided important clerical support and encouragement. None of these persons bears any responsibility for the arguments herein.
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