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Immigration and Crime covers both a variety of immigrant groups—mainly from Asia

The volume thus brings together a range of perspectives on wealth

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try as they might they can’t seem to find the perfect house: they are so expensive

Conspicuous Consumption in Africa bands & groups continue to dominate state andA collection of essays examining cultures of consumption on the African continent From early department stores in Cape Town to gendered histories of sartorial success in urban Togo, contestations over expense accounts at an apartheid state enterprise, elite wealth and political corruption in Angola and Zambia, the role of popular religion in the political intransigence of Jacob Zuma, funerals of big men in Cameroon, youth cultures of consumption in