further reading 9/20/09

so, i've already mentioned john whelpton's history of nepal, below. as i said, it's a very readable one-volume political history of nepal. actually i think it's, like, the ONLY one-volume history devoted to nepal. in any case, it's good background and worth a read. focus on post-rana period, 1951-1991. full of nifty tables and genealogies and such.