Ben Box

Sarah Cameron

These brand-new or newly updated guides feature the authoritative and detailed coverage characteristic of all Footprint Handbooks. The authors are experts who have lived or worked in the countries they write about, and their prose will inspire readers to enjoy traveling as much as they do. -- Hands down the most current and authoritative resource for maps and vital global information -- Packed with up-to-date information, including highlights of virtually every town and site -- Includes money-saving tips, advice on staying healthy, and anecdotes on local history, culture, customs, and etiquette.

Mexico & Central America Handbook

Caribbean Islands Handbook

Footprint Caribbean Islands Handbook" is fully updated with the best information on almost every island in the Caribbean. The individual flavors of each island are captured along with practical advice and accessible recommendations, and this edition contains a double-page, full-color front map illustrating the highlights of the countries. Over 120 island and town maps.

The Travel Guide

Footprint Caribbean Islands Handbook 2003

This 16th edition of Footprints best-selling guide covers all the major islands of the Caribbean from Anguilla and Aruba to Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with detours to more out-of-the-way locales like Isla de Margarita and Sint Eustatius. The guide features objective recommendations of where to eat and stay, from palatial accommodations to rustic beach huts. Options for the adventurous traveler include trekking in Jamaicas Blue Mountains, diving off Little Cayman, salsa dancing in Cuba, and sampling voodoo rites in Haiti. Profiles of each islands history and culture offer useful context, while a full-color highlights map guides travelers to must-see destinations and events.

Caribbean Islands

Barbados is one of the most popular Caribbean destinations and this practical guide includes coverage of the best beaches and watersports activities (including diving, sailing and surfing), as well as details of other sports such as where to go to play golf, watch cricket, play polo and go walking. This handbook also offers accommodation listings, from luxury hotels to self- catering apartments, and a range of restaurants, bars and nightclubs, in a pocket-sized format

Barbados

This up-dated and revised guide to the Caribbean islands covers the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, the Caymans, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Leeward and Windward Islands, Netherlands and French Antilles, ABCs, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, and the Venezuelan Islands. The book provides background information on the region's history, geography and culture, and includes accessible travel information on accommodation, shopping and eating out.

The Hungry Steppe examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime, the Kazakh famine of 1930–33. More than 1.5 million people perished in this famine, a quarter of Kazakhstan's population, and the crisis transformed a territory the size of continental Europe. Yet the story of this famine has remained mostly hidden from view. Drawing upon state and Communist party documents, as well as oral history and memoir accounts in Russian and in Kazakh, Sarah Cameron reveals this brutal story and its devastating consequences for Kazakh society. Through the most violent of means the Kazakh famine created Soviet Kazakhstan, a stable territory with clearly delineated boundaries that was an integral part of the Soviet economic system; and it forged a new Kazakh national identity. But this state-driven modernization project was uneven. Ultimately, Cameron finds, neither Kazakhstan nor Kazakhs themselves were integrated into the Soviet system in precisely the ways that Moscow had originally hoped. The experience of the famine scarred the republic for the remainder of the Soviet era and shaped its transformation into an independent nation in 1991. Cameron uses her history of the Kazakh famine to overturn several assumptions about violence, modernization, and nation-making under Stalin, highlighting, in particular, the creation of a new Kazakh national identity, and how environmental factors shaped Soviet development. Ultimately, The Hungry Steppe depicts the Soviet regime and its disastrous policies in a new and unusual light.

Famine, Violence, and the Making of Soviet Kazakhstan

The Hungry Steppe

Pippa Norris

Thomas Wynter

Concern about the integrity of American elections did not start with Trump's election; flaws in procedures have gradually grown during recent decades. The contemporary "tipping point" that raised public awareness was the 2000 Bush v. Gore Florida count, but, the 2016 campaign and its aftermath clearly worsened several major structural weaknesses. This deepened party polarization over the rules of the game and corroded American trust in the electoral process. Disputes over elections have proliferated on all sides in Trump's America with heated debate about the key problems--whether the risks of electoral fraud, fake news, voter suppression, or Russian interference--and with no consensus about the right solutions. This book illuminates several major challenges observed during the 2016 U.S. elections, focusing upon concern about both the security and inclusiveness of the voter registration process in America. Given the importance of striking the right balance between security and inclusiveness in voter registration, this volume brings together legal scholars, political scientists, and electoral assistance practitioners to provide new evidence-based insights and policy-relevant recommendations.

Securing Democracy

Electoral Integrity in America

"Footprint Caribbean Handbook" is loaded with the best information on each island's hotels, restaurants, shopping, and festivals. This fully updated edition covers almost every island in the region from the Bahamas to the Venezuelan coast, capturing the individual flavors of each with authoritative and accessible recommendations.

Caribbean Islands Handbook 2002

This award-winning series is packed with up to 1,700 pages of up-to-date, in-depth travel information and fascinating background details, including highlights of every town and site, money-saving tips, health precautions, and anecdotes on local history, culture, and customs. -- Written by experts who have lived or worked in the countries they write about, these books will inspire readers to enjoy those places as much as they do -- Features travel-tough paperback covers, color pages, and a more relaxed, user-friendly style for the traveler of the 21st century -- Footprint Handbooks have been essential reading for travelers for 77 years, making these the world's longest-running travel series.

With the Bahamas

The extravagantly beautiful island of Jamaica has it all. From the creative and rhythmic culture to the abundant and colorful vegetation, this island exudes vibrancy. Footprint Focus provides invaluable information on transport, accommodation, eating and entertainment to ensure that your trip includes the best of this spectacular island. • Essentials section with useful advice on getting to and around Jamaica. • Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep and play. • Includes information on tour operators and activities, from the tranquillity of the Blue Mountains to exploring lively Kingston. • Detailed maps for Jamaica and its key destinations. • Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights, plus many lesser-known attractions, Footprint Focus Jamaica provides concise and comprehensive coverage of one of the Caribbean’s most lively islands.

Jamaica Footprint Focus Guide

St Vincent, the Grenadines and Grenada are fantastic both on land and water. From yachting around the cays to exploring the pretty St George’s harbor, these islands have lush green interiors abundant with coconut groves and banana plantations. FootprintFocus provides invaluable information on transport, accommodation, eating and entertainment to ensure that your trip includes the best of these charming islands. • Essentials section with useful advice on getting to and around St Vincent, the Grenadines and Grenada. • Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, sleep and play. • Includes information on tour operators and activities, from sailing in the gorgeous waters to visiting rum distilleries. • Detailed maps for the islands. • Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights, plus many lesser-known attractions, FootprintFocus St Vincent, the Grenadines and Grenada provides concise and comprehensive coverage of some of the Caribbean’s most gloriously picturesque islands.

Sarah Cameron

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