Households and the World-Economy

Cross cultural analysis of the historical and economic role of the household, esp. In developing countries - considers theoretical aspects of households as the basic economic unit; discusses unpaid work, work at home, household production and the role of the homemaker; examines family budgets in Brazil, capital formation in China, sexual division of labour in the USA (1870-1945), working class child labour in the UK (1890s), etc. References.