John Whelpton
John Francis Whelpton is an historian and linguist and a specialist in the history of Nepal about which he has written a number of books.Selected publications
- Jang Bahadur in Europe: The First Nepalese Mission to the West. Sahayogi Press, Kathmandu, 1983.
- Nepal. Clio Press, Santa Barbara, 1990.
- Nepal: Bibliography. 1990.
- Kings, Soldiers, and Priests: Nepalese Politics and the Rise of Jang Bahadur Rana, 1830-1857, Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 1991.
- Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu State: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal. 1996.
- Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu Kingdom: The Politics of Culture in Contemporary Nepal. Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, 1997.
- People, Politics & Ideology: Democracy and Social Change in Nepal. Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu, 1999.
- A History of Nepal. University of Cambridge Press, Cambridge, 2005.
- Celebrating 50 Years of VSO in Nepal. 2014.
- The Other Side of the Hill: Learning Cantonese as a Second Language in Hong Kong. 2017.