The Household : : Informal Order around the Hearth / / Robert C. Ellickson.
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 influence ho...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 2 line illus. 6 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1. How Households Differ from Families
- Chapter 2. Household Formation and Dissolution in a Liberal Society
- Chapter 3. The Predominant Strategy: Consorting with Intimates
- Chapter 4. A Historical Overview of Household Forms
- Chapter 5. Are the Household Forms that Endure Necessarily Best?
- Chapter 6. Choosing Which of a Household's Participants Should Serve as Its Owners
- Chapter 7. The Mixed Blessings of Joining with Others
- Chapter 8. Order without Law in an Ongoing Household
- Chapter 9. The Challenge of Unpacking the Household
- Appendix A: Data on Intentional Communities
- Appendix B: Data on Co-housing Communities
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index