& co. status active founded 1969 1969 founder christopher hurst country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london key people michael dwyer publication types books nonfiction topics international affairs islamic world politics and social science official website hurstpublishers.com 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 . 1 2 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 . contents 1 history 2 publishing list 2.1 authors 3 references 4 external links history edit christopher hurst founded the publishing house and pursued his sometimes eclectic interests including scandinavian culture and balkan history . in the mid 1980s christopher hurst became an activist for small independent publishers making his voice heard in the publishers association . 3 4 5 hurst works in collaboration with oxford university press in new york to publish most of its list as oxford university press editions in north america . 6 publishing list edit authors edit nnamdi azikiwe brian maurice bennett mia bloom sarmila bose efua dorkenoo jean pierre filiu stephen grey christophe jaffrelot bob lambert paul lendvai maleeha lodhi peter mandaville david omand gerard prunier carne ross abdul salam zaeef references edit hurst publishers about hurst publishers website . c hurst & co publishers london book fair . jonathan rea christopher hurst obituary the guardian 30 may 2007 . alisopn bone publisher christopher hurst dies the bookseller 24 april 2007 . michael dwyer christopher hurst a publisher in the world open democracy 23 january 2008 . oup website news . external links edit hurst publishers official website hurst publishers blog oxford university press usa hurst publishers facebook page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title c. hurst % 26 co. & oldid 738839664 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdompolitical book publishing companiescompanies established in 1969book publishing companies based in london navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages srpskohrvatski edit links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 10 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view