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A '''study''', also known as a '''home office''', is a [[room (architecture)|room]] in a [[house]] that is used for paperwork, [[computer]] work, or [[reading (activity)|reading]]. Historically, the study of a house was reserved for use as the private office and reading room of a parent/guardian as the formal head of a household, but today studies are generally either used to operate a [[home business]] or else open to the whole family.<ref>{{cite book|first=Joshua|last=Becker|page=125|title=The Minimalist Home|date=18 December 2018 |publisher=Crown Publishing |isbn=9781601428011}}</ref> |
A '''study''', also known as a '''[[Small office/home office|home office]]''', is a [[room (architecture)|room]] in a [[house]] that is used for paperwork, [[computer]] work, or [[reading (activity)|reading]]. Historically, the study of a house was reserved for use as the private office and reading room of a parent/guardian as the formal head of a household, but today studies are generally either used to operate a [[home business]] or else open to the whole family.<ref>{{cite book|first=Joshua|last=Becker|page=125|title=The Minimalist Home|date=18 December 2018 |publisher=Crown Publishing |isbn=9781601428011}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 08:12, 14 June 2024
A study, also known as a home office, is a room in a house that is used for paperwork, computer work, or reading. Historically, the study of a house was reserved for use as the private office and reading room of a parent/guardian as the formal head of a household, but today studies are generally either used to operate a home business or else open to the whole family.[1]
History
The study developed from the closet or cabinet of the Renaissance era. From the beginning of the 18th century onwards increased literacy at the middle-class family level led to the setting aside of closed study and library areas within larger houses. Here commercial work, reading, correspondence, fact-recording and other activities could be undertaken in privacy and silence.[2] Until well into the 20th century gender restrictions on social roles made the domestic study an essentially male facility. The 19th century clergyman would prepare sermons and interview parishioners in his study while his equally literate wife would undertake her social obligations in a nearby parlour.[3]
The Internet has led to a transformation of the historic study with its localized functions into the present day home-office. The technological revolution has enabled individuals to engage in remote work while still being productive using the Internet, email, e-commerce, and videotelephony.
Government statistics record that in Britain 4.2 million people worked exclusively from home in 2014; an increase of 31% from the 1998 figure.[4]
References
- ^ Becker, Joshua (18 December 2018). The Minimalist Home. Crown Publishing. p. 125. ISBN 9781601428011.
- ^ Boyle, Charles (December 1991). The Domestic World. Time-Life Books. p. 128. ISBN 0-7054-0994-5.
- ^ Bryson, Bill (2010). At Home: A Short History of Private Life. Doubleday. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-385-60827-5.
- ^ The Economist, June 23, 2018, p. 53.
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