the greater availability of low-cost products
The greater availability of low-cost products...with more disposable income, including now with credit cards.
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DIVERSITY
Consumerism is important because consumers shouldn't be taken advantage of when they are simply making a purchase. When businesses protect their customers, they can develop a loyal customer base.
African slaves brought ideas and skills with them from Africa.
No, Max Weber did not develop the term "conspicuous consumption." This concept was coined by Thorstein Veblen in his book "The Theory of the Leisure Class" published in 1899. Veblen used the term to describe the consumption of goods and services for the purpose of displaying wealth and status rather than for personal use.
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The Swahili culture developed along the Swahili Coast of East Africa, encompassing present-day countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique. The culture emerged as a result of interactions between Bantu-speaking communities and Arab, Persian, Indian, and European traders over centuries.
The Phoenicians.
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To an extent. If you were born in America, but went to live elsewhere before you could develop memories of it, you'd be more in touch with the culture of the place you were raised, and would be more apt to say that's where you're from, rather than America.
It was passed on from their culture