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Americans have never really been fond of crowded urban areas, a sentiment that dates back to the nation's earliest years. "I view large cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man, " declared Thomas Jefferson, who believed that life was better in small towns and rural areas.Millions of today's Americans share his views, though they remain trapped in big cities. Most of America's jobs, after all, are concentrated ...

America grew rapidly after World War II, and the national pastime followed suit. Baseball dramatically changed from a 19th century pastoral relic to a continental modern sport. Six Major League clubs relocated to new cities, capped by the coast-to-coast moves of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. Four expansion teams were created from thin air. Dozens of black stars emerged after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. The players form...

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Most Americans live in major metropolitan areas - and many are finding it harder and harder to get ahead. Where is the best place to get a job? The best place to start a business? Invest in land? In short, where is the best place to make money? Don't make any decisions without reading Where to Make Money: A Rating Guide to Opportunities in America's Metro Areas. This important new book is essential reading for anyone making decisions about car...

Baseball entered its Modern Era in 1961, the first season that featured expansion teams, a 162-game schedule, and coast-to-coast play in both leagues. The Best (and Worst) of Baseball's Modern Era by G. Scott Thomas offers 221 lists of the top (and bottom) teams and players from 1961 through 2016, accompanied by a detailed breakdown of all 56 seasons. Which team was the best to take the field during the Modern Era? Who was the most difficult b...

Most Americans live in major metropolitan areas, but they don't necessarily enjoy it. Polls consistently find that a majority of U.S. residents would prefer to live in communities that are smaller than the ones they call home. This book by G. Scott Thomas focuses on the places that fit that bill - the nation's 551 micropolitan areas, small cities that are outside the metropolitan orbit.Micropolitan America: A Statistical Guide to Small Cities ...

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Thomas offers a complete statistical and descriptive guide to the 50 American presidential elections that were held between 1789 and 1984.

This book tells the story of 1960--a tumultuous, transitional year that unleashed the forces that eventually reshaped the American nation and the entire planet, to the joy of millions and the sorrow of millions more.

Assesses the fifty states' quality of life in 125 categories, including personal income, race and gender equality, housing, transportation, education, arts and entertainment, and other categories, and provides a summary report card for each state.

This easy-to-use handbook presents a fascinating and fresh take on American presidential elections and makes a wide range of statistics available to serious researchers and political fanatics alike. Counting the Votes: A New Way to Analyze America's Presidential Elections isn't your typical history book about presidential elections. Nor is it like most statistical analyses of election results. What this unusual book does offer is an array of ...

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Shows how presidents made it to the top - and how aspiring young people can do the same.