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Article: Work at home: data from the CPS. (United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey)
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 1994
- Author:
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Until the advent of the industrial revolution at the end of the 18th century, most nonagricultural workers were engaged in home-based work. Weavers labored on handlooms in their houses to produce cloth spun from raw wool. The blacksmith's forge, the baker's ovens, and the woodworker's shop were all located in their homes. In many cases, even the hired help lived where they worked, as apprentices generally were expected to live with their employers. But as mass production techniques reshaped the U.S. economy, industry moved out of the home and into centralized factories where workers were employed on increasingly efficient and ever more automated production lines.
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