The Pacific states are the only U.S. states to have coastlines on the Pacific Ocean. The Mountain region includes the most mountainous states of the country and has the highest average elevation.

THIS volume completes the description of the North American continent with the exception of Mexico; but, although an excellent account of the United States, it leaves North America itself still ...

Intergenerational mobility has remained stable over recent decades in the United States but varies sharply across the country. In this article, I document that areas with more prevalent slavery by the ...