Living arrangements have changed enormously over the last two centuries. While the average American today lives in a household of only three people, in 1850 household size was twice that figure. Furthermore, both the number of children and the number of adults in a household have fallen...

Household Accounts -- Contents -- A Note on Household Accounts and Its Preparation -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Living on the Margin": Working-Class Marriages and Family Survival Strategies -- 2. "Cooperative Conflict": Gender, Generation, and Consumption in Working-Class Families...