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America Rediscovered and the Maid in Suburbia
In Rome after a seven year Europe posting the author argues the maid system still defines American homes. He notes a wife abandoning slacks and gadgets for its return, and reflects on costs, mortgages, and the home as life’s center, contrasting U S and European living. He questions the spread of self-service and the social shift.
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Robert E. Jackson
New York
Rome
America
Europe