History

Sharing experiences with one another, the Boston Women's Health Book Collective discovered that there is an imperative…

New edition! An examination of the history of police violence from a radical, yet pragmatic and highly readable,…

The history of work in the last three centuries has been a history of exploitation and slow gains. But the biggest of…

This full-color book and tarot deck set connects 78 notable historical women (or groups of women) with the archetypes…

Jessica Abel's new comics journalism book, On the Wire, is the nonfiction graphic novel format story of the rise of the…

Throughout history--even recent history--highly contagious, deadly, and truly horrible epidemics have swept through…

The Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists, was invaluable for African Americans traveling through segregated…

Its brown trucks and uniforms are now a ubiquitous presence on our streets. United Parcel Service, better known as…

In spite of a century of medical progress since the 1918 influenza pandemic, medical disasters continue to take us by…

Jamal Joseph, formerly known as Eddie Joseph, was on track to graduate from high school and begin a college education at…

Lesbian partners known for cross-dressing and creating the kind of gender-bending work that the Nazis would come to call…

If you absorbed Sweet Valley High, the Babysitters Club, and Goosebumps, this smartly irreverent history will bring you…

Most of us probably think of disasters as times when social order breaks down, when neighbors turn on each other, when…

"What do you want?" is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists. In yet another volume, Albert…

A fiery group of anti-war protesters in Portland, Oregon, take to the streets to uncover the truth veiled behind…

Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than…

This history of medical disaster, especially relevant in the post-COVID era, chronicles the diseases that have done the…

An exceptional scholar, lawyer, athlete, stage and screen actor, linguist, singer, civil rights and political activist,…

Chester Brown has never shied away from tackling controversial subjects in his work. In his 1992 book, The Playboy, he…

Comics journalism about the The Dene, who, by their account, have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time…

Amsterdam is well-known for being a bike city - and although nowadays bicycling within the city is a safe and beneficial…