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C. Hurst & Co.

Independent non-fiction publisher

Summary

Independent non-fiction publisher

Field	Value
image	File:C. Hurst & Co. logo.png
status	Active
founded
founder	Christopher Hurst
country	United Kingdom
headquarters	London,
distribution	Macmillan Distribution (UK)
Oxford University Press (US)
keypeople	Michael Dwyer
publications	Books
topics	International Affairs
Islamic World
Politics and Social Science
url	hurstpublishers.com

Oxford University Press (US) Islamic World Politics and Social Science

Hurst Publishers (C. Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd) is an independent non-fiction publisher based in the Bloomsbury area of London. Hurst specializes in books on global affairs and has lists in Islamic Studies, European History, War & Conflict, African Studies and International Relations. Christopher Hurst founded the company in 1969. Michael Dwyer, who joined Hurst in 1986, took over its running after the death of Christopher Hurst in April 2007.

Hurst authors include the French intellectual Olivier Roy, the British cultural critic Ziauddin Sardar, the Australian counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen, and the historians Faisal Devji and Christopher Davidson, among others. The Hurst imprint publishes approximately 65 new books a year.

History

Christopher Hurst (1929–2007) founded the publishing house and pursued his, sometimes eclectic, interests, including Scandinavian culture and Balkan history. In the mid-1980s, he became an activist for small, independent publishers, making his voice heard in the Publishers' Association.

Publishing list

Authors

Nnamdi Azikiwe
Olivier van Beemen
Brian Maurice Bennett
Mia Bloom
Sarmila Bose
Ian Campbell
Efua Dorkenoo
Jean-Pierre Filiu
Stephen Grey
James Harpur
Christophe Jaffrelot
Dan Kaszeta
Neil Kent
Bob Lambert
Paul Lendvai
Maleeha Lodhi
Peter Mandaville
Raphael Minder
Kajsa Norman
David Omand
Jason Pack
Lipika Pelham
Gerard Prunier
Carne Ross
Abdul Salam Zaeef
William Ralston
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston

References

"Macmillan Distribution - Publishers".
[https://global.oup.com/academic/publisher-resources-info/?cc=us&lang=en& Publisher Services Resource Center]
Hurst Publishers, [http://www.hurstpublishers.com/about/ "About"], Hurst Publishers website.
[http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/Exhibitors/135589/C-Hurst-Co-Publishers C Hurst & Co Publishers] {{Webarchive. link. (2 March 2013 , London Book Fair.)
Jonathan Rea, [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/may/30/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries "Christopher Hurst" (obituary)], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 30 May 2007.
Alison Bone, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/publisher-christopher-hurst-dies "Publisher Christopher Hurst dies"], ''[[The Bookseller]]'', 24 April 2007.
Michael Dwyer, [http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/people/christopher_hurst_a_publisher_in_the_world "Christopher Hurst: a publisher in the world"], ''[[Open Democracy]]'', 23 January 2008.

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