A history of Nepal /

Whelpton, John,

A history of Nepal / [print] John Whelpton. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2005. - xxiii, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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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