I believe Hard TImes was written in 1857 or so. The Industrial Revolution is generally considered to have started with Adam Smith around 1790-something. But before that poverty would not have been much fun wither -- just ask the serfs.
Dana On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:30:51 -0500, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dickens is reasonably recent tho... this was pre-dickens I believe > that I remember that being said about (in the book Technopoly I > think... might have been Amusing Ourselves to Death, but I think it > was Technopoly -- Neil Postman - same author)... Relatively speaking, > Dickens wasn't long before the industrial revolution. > > > I was about to say... and this is different from the > > present just how > > exactly? I really can't recall any substantive discussion > > of a > > substantive issue in recent years. I think you're wrong > > about poverty > > though; you should brush up on your Charles Dickens. At > > least we don't > > have workhouses any more. > > > On a related note, I saw this on a bumper sticker today: > > > Never have so few taken so much from so many > > s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://macromedia.breezecentral.com/p49777853/ > http://www.sys-con.com/author/?id=4806 > http://www.fusiontap.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:151889 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
