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IMPSX-EF Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Personal alliance
Hello, everybody,
I have question about this "personal alliances" in the conversation below.
What is the "personal alliances" ? I found sereval definitions for "alliance" here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=alliance&r=66
But I do not know which definition is suitable for this "personal alliances", I mean,
in this context, is "personal alliances" a relationship of association of people with
common aims, or is it a relationship created by marriage between the families ?
You can see the full context here: Question 3 through 6. Listen to part of a talk
in a United States history class. The professor is talking about economics in colonial
New England.
http://books.google.com/books?id=yLThFAVmV0UC&pg=PA624&lpg=PA624&dq=The+Native+Americans+believed+a+person's+status+came+more+from+kinship+and+personal+alliances+than+from+stores+of+wealth&source=bl&ots=SMnP1cqiXM&sig=_9NImUsVdDzjElER4uSECd3My2k&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
Thanks for your help.
Student: Excuse me, Dr. Singer, but did they...did the Native Americans have a
concept of wealth?
Dr.Singer: The Native Americans believed a person's status came more from kinship
and personal alliances than from stores of wealth. Their definition of "need"
was what they needed to survive. So if they had food, clothing, shelter,
they considered themselves wealthy. ...
... ...
I have question about this "personal alliances" in the conversation below.
What is the "personal alliances" ? I found sereval definitions for "alliance" here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=alliance&r=66
But I do not know which definition is suitable for this "personal alliances", I mean,
in this context, is "personal alliances" a relationship of association of people with
common aims, or is it a relationship created by marriage between the families ?
You can see the full context here: Question 3 through 6. Listen to part of a talk
in a United States history class. The professor is talking about economics in colonial
New England.
http://books.google.com/books?id=yLThFAVmV0UC&pg=PA624&lpg=PA624&dq=The+Native+Americans+believed+a+person's+status+came+more+from+kinship+and+personal+alliances+than+from+stores+of+wealth&source=bl&ots=SMnP1cqiXM&sig=_9NImUsVdDzjElER4uSECd3My2k&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
Thanks for your help.
Student: Excuse me, Dr. Singer, but did they...did the Native Americans have a
concept of wealth?
Dr.Singer: The Native Americans believed a person's status came more from kinship
and personal alliances than from stores of wealth. Their definition of "need"
was what they needed to survive. So if they had food, clothing, shelter,
they considered themselves wealthy. ...
... ...
Top answer
He lists "kinship" and "personal alliances" separately. ) and marriages. Personal alliances would be all other substantial relationships.
- He lists "kinship" and "personal alliances" separately.
- ) and marriages.
- Personal alliances would be all other substantial relationships.
- My feeling is that more weight would be assigned to close relationships, such as friendships, in which a committment and trust has grown over a period of time, than to coincidental relationships where people may be thrown together by circumstances but fail to develop a bond.
- I assume that alliances with "important people" would be valued as they are in our society, but again, I think substantial alliances with less important people would be valued above shallow alliances with important people.
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He lists "kinship" and "personal alliances" separately. Kinship would be blood relationships (father, son, etc.) and marriages. Personal alliances would be all other substantial relationships.
My feeling is that more weight would be assigned to close relationships, such as friendships, in which a committment and trust has grown over a period of time, than to coincidental relat
My feeling is that more weight would be assigned to close relationships, such as friendships, in which a committment and trust has grown over a period of time, than to coincidental relat
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