Introduces the American Human Development Index, which provides a single measure of well-being for all Americans, disaggregated by state and congressional distr

Compares the United States with other affluent democracies in such areas as health, crime and violence, education, democracy, and equality, and suggests ways th

Joseph Brown, founder of Brown & Sharpe, was a skilled clockmaker who invented new machines, and new ways to make things. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor

Despite its widespread popularity in antebellum America, phrenology has rarely been taken seriously as a cultural phenomenon. Charles Colbert seeks to redress t

The Measure of America, 2010-2011, is the definitive report on the overall well-being of all Americans. How are Americans doing—compared to one another and co