History of Nepal

Usado, em bom estado, leves marcas de manuseio na capa e levemente amarelado pelo tempo. Em estoque. Em inglês. Nepal emerged as a unified state over 200 years ago centred on the Kathmanda Valley with its 2000 years of urban civilisation. While John Whelptons history focuses on the period since the onerthrow of the Rana family autocracy in 1950-1, the carly chapters are devoted to the origins of the kingdom and the evolving relations of its diverse peoples. By drawing on recent research on Nepals environment, society and political institutions from the earliest times, the author portrays a country of extraordinary contrasts, which has been constanthy buffeted through history by its neighbours, the two Asian giants, China and India. Economic and political turmoil over the last fifty years came to a dimax in the massacre of the royal family in 2001, when the country erupted into civil war. The book represents the first widely available one-volume treatment in English of the whole span of Nepalese history to appear for over a generation. Its comprehensive and accessible approach will appeal to students, professionals and those visiting the region for the first time.

Editora: Cambridge

Ano: 2008

ISBN: 9780521804707

Autor: WHELPTON / John Whelpton