The Metric Maven's history of the metric system's failure to be adopted by the US is available as a printed book from Amazon.

Amazon's description:

The history of the metric system and its non-adoption in the United States is a long and turbulent one. From the creation of the system by Englishman John Wilkins in 1668, through its expansion, development, and implementation in France, along with multiple attempts to bring it to the United States, the metric system has a long history.

Death By 1000 Cuts traces the metric system's legalization in the US, the different flavors of adoption examined by the world, which finally distilled them to one, as the US was indifferent to the universal system of weights and measures.

The arguments presented from the beginning of the 20th century for mandatory metric adoption, to the last gasp of discussion in the late 1970s, to the metric isolation of the US into the 21st century are explored. Why is it that the US remains the singular country which has not adopted this rational system of measures? This issue is also addressed in Death by 1000 Cuts.

The Metric Maven website