This volume investigates places where old and new elites came together, where these groups met and interacted but also where the rules and conventions for new elites were forged. The book focusses arenas of encounter and (self)representation belonging to the world of leisure and embraces also the organizations and associations which established and ran these spaces and events.

Financial Kamikaze is a uniquely conservative approach to the accumulation of wealth, predicated on the need to first stop making bad financial choices. The book is unique in several ways: it demonstrates the "Future Value" concept, provids a roadmap for wealth accumulation at any income level and includes examples with illustrations for the readers to prove most of the concepts mathematically. In short, Financial Kamikaze is a financial self help book that teaches how to avoid financial destruction, how to spend with financial efficiency and how to save $10,000 in ten months even on a modest income.