How accurate is David Graeber's characterization of the "North European idea of life-cycle service"? He states that "Essentially, almost everyone was expected to spend roughly the fist seven to fifteen years of his or her working life as a servant in someone else’s household."
by /u/10z20Luka in /r/AskHistorians
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