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A history of Nepal / John Whelpton.

Whelpton, John.
2005
DS494.5 .W43 2005
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Title
A history of Nepal / John Whelpton.
Author
Whelpton, John.
ISBN
9780521804707 (pbk.)
0521804701 (pbk.)
9780521800266
0521800269
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Call Number
DS494.5 .W43 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification
954.96
Summary
John Whelpton's history of Nepal focuses on the period since the overthrow of the Rana family autocracy in 1950-51. Drawing on recent research, the author portrays a country of extraordinary contrasts, whose history has been constantly buffeted by its neighbours, China and India.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Environment, state, and society in the central Himalayas to 1743
Unification and sanskritisation, 1743-1885
Nepal under the Shamsher Ranas, 1885-1951
The monarchy in ascendance : domestic politics and foreign relations, 1951-1991
The quest for "development" : economy and environment, 1951-1991
Lifestyles, values, identities : changes in Nepalese society, 1951-1991
Democracy and disillusionment : Nepal since 1991.

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