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

A brilliant look at the pervasive belief that African American men are prodigiously endowed, from the author’s own experiences to sharp analysis of how black

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

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