In a given year, a resident of the United States is roughly twice more likely to move to a different home than is a resident of France (or of Western Europe as a whole). Cultural differences undoubtedly account for some of this gap. The central thesis of this article, however, is that much of...

Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. The Household is the first book to systematically lay bare the internal dynamics of these and other home arrangements. Legal underpinnings, social considerations, and economic constraints all...