Chopping down the Dherry Tree: A Portrait of Britain in the Eighties
by Christmas, Linda
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670814172
- ISBN 13
- 9780670814176
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
London: Viking Adult, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp clean first edition/printing, no markings throughout: Literary grace and sensitivity mark this account of British reporter Christmas's travels in northern England, Wales, Scotland and tragically divided Ireland. While noting that England needed Thatcher to effect certain reforms, the "gypsy journalist" also points to the downside of the prime minister's programs. Supported by interviews with people met on her journeys, Christmas's observations draw attention to vast changes in Britain during the 1980s, which suggest to her Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard , with the trees sacrificed to make money for "man unmoved by the past." But the author expresses the hope that destroying England's "cherry trees" can make room for seedlings that in time will yield fruit to feed citizens hungry for jobs, education and medical care.
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- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000019125
- Title
- Chopping down the Dherry Tree: A Portrait of Britain in the Eighties
- Author
- Christmas, Linda
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670814172
- ISBN 13
- 9780670814176
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sciences / Sociology;
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