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Nepal
Index
This is the first edition of Nepal and Bhutan:
Country
Studies. It supersedes the 1973 Area Handbook for
Nepal,
Bhutan, and Sikkim. The material on Nepal is presented
in the
standard five-chapter format of the country study series.
A sixth
chapter, on Bhutan, covers the subjects addressed the five
Nepal
chapters, but in a single chapter. The material on Sikkim
has been
dropped; readers should consult India: A Country
Study for
information on Sikkim.
Nepal and Bhutan: Country Studies is an effort
to
present an objective and concise account of the social,
economic,
political, and national security concerns of contemporary
Nepal and
Bhutan within historical frameworks. A variety of
scholarly
monographs and journals, official reports of government
and
international organizations, and foreign and domestic
newspapers
and periodicals were used as sources. Brief commentary on
some of
the more useful and readily accessible sources appears at
the end
of each chapter. Full references to these and other
sources appear
in the Bibliography. The annual editions of the
Bibliography of
Asian Studies will provide the reader with additional
materials
on Nepal and Bhutan.
The authors have limited the use of foreign and
technical
terms, which are defined when they first appear. Readers
are also
referred to the Glossary at the back of the volume.
Spellings of
contemporary place names generally are those approved by
the United
States Board on Geographic Names. All measurements are
given in the
metric system. A conversion table is provided for those
readers who
may not be familiar with metric equivalents (see
table 1,
Appendix).
The body of the text reflects information available as
of
September 1991. Certain other portions of the text,
however, have
been updated. The Introduction discusses significant
events that
have occurred since the completion of research, the
Country Profile
includes updated information as available, and the
Bibliography
includes recently published sources thought to be
particularly
helpful to the reader.
Data as of September 1991
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