Bhutan

Title
Bhutan
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Maxwell, Thomas William
Editor
Editor(s): Irving Epstein and Jyotsna Pattnaik
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
1
DOI
10.1336/0313336148
UNE publication id
une:4802
Abstract
Bhutan is a small (about 300 miles east-west and 200 miles north-south), land-locked country sandwiched between two great populations: the People's Republic of China (Tibet) to the north and India to the south. In the 1950s, Bhutan's third Druk Gyalpo (King in Bhutan) led the country out of isolation. It remained an essentially medieval society until the 1960s, and traces of this harsh lifestyle remain even today. Bhutan was established as a hereditary and absolute monarchy in 1907, but in recent times Bhutan's fourth king has moved toward democracy and toward establishing international relations.
Link
Citation
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide, v.1: Asia and Oceania, p. 55-77
ISBN
9780313336201
0313336148
9780313336140
Start page
55
End page
77

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