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Pradyumna P. Karan, Bhutan: A Physical and Cultural Geography (1967), is a concise but broad survey, with maps and illustrations. Nagendra Singh, Bhutan, a Kingdom in the Himalayas: A Study of the Land, Its People, and Their Government, 3rd rev. ed. (1985), is a more detailed geography. Françoise Pommaret and Yoshiro Imaeda, Bhutan, new ed. (1998), offers travelers an informative guide and a good, detailed introduction. Other useful descriptive works include V.H. Coelho, Sikkim and Bhutan (1971); Dilip Bhattacharyya, Bhutan, the Himalayan Paradise, rev. ed. (1982); and Tom Owen Edmunds, Bhutan: Land of the Thunder Dragon (1988).
Analyses of economic conditions and social and cultural policies are found in H.N. Misra, Bhutan: Problems and Policies (1988); Pradyumna P. Karan, Bhutan, Environment, Culture, and Development Strategy (1990); and Pradyumna P. Karan and Shigeru Iijima, Bhutan: Development amid Environmental and Cultural Preservation (1987). Leo E. Rose, The Politics of Bhutan (1977); Nari Rustomji, Bhutan: The Dragon Kingdom in Crisis (1978); Bhabani Sen Gupta, Bhutan: Towards a Grass-Root Participatory Polity (1999); and Awadhesh Coomar Sinha, Bhutan: Ethnic Identity and National Dilemma, 2nd rev. ed. (1998), provide coverage of the country’s politics and administration.
Nirmala Das, The Dragon Country: The General History of Bhutan (1974), offers a brief historical survey. Michael Aris, Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom (1979), is a definitive history of early Bhutan. Peter Collister, Bhutan and the British (1987), focuses on Bhutan’s foreign relations in the 19th and 20th centuries. Michael Hutt, Unbecoming Citizens: Culture, Nationhood, and the Flight of Refugees from Bhutan (2005), discusses the Nepalese who left Bhutan for Nepal.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Profile: Removed literacy rate. | Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 10, 2025 | ||
| Invalidated site: PBS - Bhutan, The Last Shangri-La. | Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | Jan 31, 2024 | ||
| Link added. | Nov 30, 2023 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of government. | Nov 07, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 28, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Sep 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: globalEDGE - Bhutan: Introduction. | Jul 03, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Bhutan. | Aug 18, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 17, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Interesting Facts for Kids - Interesting Benin Facts. | Oct 21, 2019 | ||
| In the People section, added discussion of demographic trends. | Jun 20, 2019 | ||
| Economy and Government and society sections updated and revised. | Jun 20, 2019 | ||
| In the History section, updated the discussion of the country's democratization and development. | Jun 19, 2019 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Jun 03, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Council of Bhutan. | Jan 04, 2018 | ||
| Country Profile: Expanded country profile. | Sep 13, 2017 | ||
| In People section, added data charts. | May 17, 2016 | ||
| In Economy section, added data charts. | May 17, 2016 | ||
| Added locator map to the Introduction. | May 17, 2016 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of state. | Mar 14, 2016 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of government. | Jan 22, 2014 | ||
| Country Profile: Footnote revised for form of government. | Mar 07, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Council of Bhutan. | Dec 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Bhutan. | Dec 13, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Added name of head of state and head of government, along with urban-rural, life expectancy, literacy, and GNI per capita statistics. | Feb 20, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated area and population figures. | Feb 16, 2010 | ||
| The designation of Buddhism as being Bhutan's official religion changed to being the "spiritual heritage" of the country. | Oct 09, 2009 | ||
| Administration section handled to update information on Bhutan's constitution. | May 07, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Bhutan. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Map added. | Aug 11, 2008 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Aug 11, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 11, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Aug 11, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 25, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 25, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of the Population and Housing Census of Bhutan. | Dec 12, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - Bhutan, The Last Shangri-La. | Sep 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Bhutan - Selected Internet Resources. | Aug 08, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Bhutan. | Jul 26, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Travel Document Systems - Bhutan. | Jul 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 12, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 17, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 03, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 24, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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