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.

Mary Jemison was one of the most famous white captives who, after being captured by Indians, chose to stay and live among her captors.