Diana Leonard has been active in women's movement journals, libraries, conferences and campaigns for nearly twenty years.

'... pathbreaking... Having read their analysis of the household... one can never see the family in the same way again. It will be a very useful text for teaching.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'This work provides a fresh perspective on gender relations.' Family Matters'Brilliant feminist analysis of the family as an economic system.' Ms Magazine

• Introduction. 1. Feminism and the Family.Part I: Critical Perspectives.2. Part of Capitalism: Accounts of Womens' Oppression in the Family by Traditional Marxists.3. Still Part of Capitalism? Marxist Feminist Accounts of the Family.Part II: A New Theoretical Approach to the Western Family.4. Housework, Household Work and Family Work.5. The Family as an Economic System: Introduction and Common Misconceptions.6. The Family as an Economic System: Theoretical Outline.Part III: Empirical Studies.7. Factory Workers' Families in England.8. Farm Families in France.9. The Variety of Work Done by Wives.10. Conclusion.Bibliography.