Written with exceptional clarity, Down to Earth re-envisions the story of America "from the ground up.

James Hosmer, son of Stephen Hosmer, was baptized in 1605 in Hawkhurst, county of Kent, England and later settled in Massachusetts.

This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see natural disasters as random outbursts of nature or expressions of divine judgment.

A reinterpretation of industrialization that centres on the struggle to control and master nature.

Conscious of the impacts of Seaver’s editorial hand, this edition foregrounds Jemison’s voice while also recentering Indigenous perspectives through an informative introduction and an illuminating selection of contextual materials.