Evolution Of The American Home

A work-centric culture and larger homes are changing the traditional notion of what a home means.

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July 25, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

"Like millions of other Americans, Jackson uses the family home as a second workplace. A laptop, a fax machine, and papers spread out on the dining-room table in the evening give her Manhattan apartment the temporary look and convenience of an office. But work, she realized that night, was invading their home."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: What's happening to the American home?

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 in The Christian Science Monitor

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