History

Description of Microcosm's Fall 2022 edition:  For the last 350 years, since the reign of Elizabeth I, Nicholas…

Today, we're married to our cars. But life behind the wheel of an automobile didn't come naturally to Americans. Crooked…

WHOOP! WHOOP! The Insane Clown Posse calls itself "the most hated band in the world," but with 11 million albums sold,…

This is Shanghai is a firsthand account of expat life in China's (and the world's) largest city! Like a guidebook, it…

These five case studies offer a chilling glimpse into the negligence, greed, murder, and at times comical…

Transform your wardrobe with this step-by-step guide to sewing pockets into your favorite clothes. With simple…

In Texas in the early 1900s, a little chalk drawing started to appear on boxcars: a minimalist sketch of a figure with a…

Bicycle/Race paints an unforgettable picture of Los Angeles—and the United States—from the perspective of two…

Why is it so satisfying to walk up and down stairs? Maybe it's the new layer of discovery with each step up—a new…

This unique travel guide explores the streets, schools, characters, and neighborhoods of author Beverly Cleary’s…

Soviet Daughter provides a window into the life of a rebellious, independent woman coming of age in the USSR, and the…

This illustrated history celebrates American changemakers and revolutionaries that are often left out of public…

Can zines save the world? Maybe, says Stephen Duncombe in the updated fourth edition of his groundbreaking study of…

Updated and revised second edition with new interviews and photographs. Through hundreds of exclusive and original…

In this far-reaching anthology, David Ensminger delves underground to explore the oft overlooked community of badass…

Urban Revolutions is a different kind of cycling book. Author Emilie Bahr draws on her experience as an everyday cyclist…

A guide for practiced herbalists and midwives to better serve their communities with herbal abortion options.…

This is the graphic history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time from the perspective of the…

A feminist history of bicycling for sport and adventure spans a century of women who changed the world from two…

Since the first day after the tragedy was announced, controversy has surrounded the death of rap and cultural icon…

Meet Moe Bowstern: writer, fisherwoman, and tough cookie. Moe is a woman working in the male-dominated commercial…

In the 1890s, bicycling was a cultural activity for the wealthy elite, with a bicycle costing about twenty weeks of a…

In the 1960s through 1980s, the Black Panther Party rose up throughout the United States, envisioning a world…

A cultural analysis of what causes zine makers to tick; what the hell zines are, why people make zines, the origin of…

Before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the U.S. in 1973, the Abortion Counseling Services of Women’s Liberation was…

Illustrated throughout by New York Times bestselling author Nate Powell, these documents offer a filter into the deep…

To celebrate our thirteenth anniversary of publishing books and zines about self-empowerment, we put together this…