Portraits and biographical sketches of people representative of American life, one from each state.

As an archetype for an entire class of places, Main Street has become one of America's most popular and idealized images. In Main Street Revisited, the first bo

Politicians and pundits can rage against free trade and globalization, but much of what they convey is myth says the author. He argues that free trade is good f

Carol Milford dreams of living in a small, rural town. But Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, isn't the paradise she'd imagined. First published in 1920, this unabridge

Islam is Americas fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims in the United States, all living in the shadow of 9/11. Who are our Muslim neighb