Through firsthand research and a historical, political, and cultural examination of the Lhotsampa people in Bhutan, this book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. In the 1890s, the government of Bhutan allowed many Nepalese people into the country to clear Bhutanese jungles in the south of the country. Barely a century later, the Lhotsampa constituted 45 percent of the country's population. They lived as an agrarian community, and their position as food suppliers for Bhutan helped them to achieve educational, economic, and political success. With this rise in...