Hurst is an independently owned and run non-fiction publisher, based in central London but publishing globally. They have a track record of fifty years of distinguished scholarly publishing for a general readership. Today, they produce around 90 new books a year, building on their strengths in African Studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, South Asian Studies and War and International Relations. More broadly, however, they commission anything that interests us, from sport to art to cooking, as long as the books have something to distinguish them.
Among their more celebrated authors are Africanists Olivette Otele, Gérard Prunier, Stephen Ellis and Susan Williams; renowned scholars of South Asia Alpa Shah, Christophe Jaffrelot and Faisal Devji; strategists and security experts David Kilcullen and Sir David Omand; and experts on Islam and the Muslim world Madawi Al-Rasheed, Ziauddin Sardar and Jean-Pierre Filiu.
Christopher Hurst founded C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. in 1969, his primary aim being to publish scrupulously edited and produced books on subjects close to his heart rather than to build a commercial empire. Christopher’s interests were eclectic, and they featured in his list from the outset, ranging from African studies, the plight of dissidents in the Cold War, the history of Scandinavia, the Muslim periphery, the Far North and anthropology.
At Hurst they cherish the memory of Christopher’s independence of spirit and refusal to follow the corporate path. To that end they like to publish books that surprise as well as inform their readers, while assuring them that they meet the norms of scholarly and literary excellence.
‘The world we thought we knew has been turned upside down, and no publishing list today answers our
perplexity, or relieves our anxiety, as effectively as Hurst’s. Its commitment to original, provocative
and rigorous thinking marks it out clearly in a field dominated by the safely formulaic.’
— Pankaj Mishra
‘At a time of rapid and dislocating change, no range of books casts a more valuable light onto
the convulsions of the present than those published by Hurst.’ — Tom Holland

TITLES

The God that Failed
LIBERAL CAPITALIST DEMOCRACY
Genre:
Economy & Politics, Society
Author:
Krishnan Nayar
Rights avail:
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Did capitalism lead inevitably to democracy?
Can liberalism overcome the ascendant authoritarian right?
For liberal democracy to survive, it must learn history’s lessons.

Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project
EUROWHITENESS
Genre:
Current Issues, Society
Author:
Hans Kundnani
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French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
A revelatory account of the EU as a racialised project.
As the far-right rises in the EU, a timely consideration of how the European project is founded on an ethnic and cultural white identity rarely frankly addressed.
Argues that since the refugee crisis of 2015, notions of whiteness have become more central to European identity.

HOW TO FIGHT A WAR
Genre:
Economy & Politics, Military Science
Author:
Mike Martin
Rights avail:
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Rights sold: Chinese, German, Indian, South African
An indispensable guide to understanding modern warfare, especially the decisions made by politicians and generals—both good and bad.

The Political Leadership of Benito Mussolini
DUCE: The CONTRADICTIONS of POWER
Genre:
History
Author:
Peter J. Williamson
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French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
A compelling reinterpretation of the authority and ideology of the much-mythologised Mussolini, weighing his successes and failings in government.

Into the Heart of Russia’s Fascist Youth
Z GENERATION
Genre:
Current Issues, Society, Economy & Politics
Author:
Ian Garner
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French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
Rights sold: Finnish, Polish, Portuguese
Selected as one of the ‘Books to Read in 2023’ in the Financial Times
A disturbing portrait of the fascist youth movements warping Russian society and politics.

Ukraine and the Global Conflict between Russia and the West
ECONOMIC WAR
Genre:
Current Issues, Economy & Politics
Author:
Maximilian Hess
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French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Selected as one of the ‘Books to Read in 2023’ in the Financial Times
Selected as one of The Federal’s ’75 Books to Look Out for in 2023′
How a revolution in Ukraine precipitated an international economic conflict affecting us all.

South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop
SHRIMP TO WHALE
Genre:
History, Economy & Politics, Current Issues
Author:
Ramon Pacheco Pardo
Rights avail:
French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Italian, Korean, Portugal Portuguese
Charts the incredible rise of South Korea, from colonisation and civil war to today’s thriving nation.

A History in Fifty Presents
DIPLOMATIC GIFTS
Genre:
History
Author:
Paul Brummell
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French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Rights Sold: Complex Chinese
A lavishly illustrated history of diplomatic gifts, from the infamous Trojan Horse to the much-loved Christmas tree at Trafalgar Square.

How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World
BEYOND BELIEF
Genre:
Current Issues, Religion
Author:
Elle Hardy
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French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian
A fascinating exposé of the global revolution you’ve never heard of: a deep-pocketed, tech-savvy Christian movement reshaping our societies from within.

The Global Race for Battery Dominance and the New Energy Revolution
LITHIUM
Genre:
Current Issues
Author:
Lukasz Bednarski
Rights avail:
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian
SOLD: Spanish
How a little-known mineral will affect our jobs and daily lives as much as, if not more than, AI or Big Data have done.
