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Founded in London in 1977 as Zed Press by Roger van Zwanenberg, publishing on anti-imperialism, national liberation, development, feminism and the Global South. In March 2020 Bloomsbury Publishing bought its assets, and Zed continues within Bloomsbury's academic and professional division.

Years
1977–present
Location
London, United Kingdom
Name history
  1. 1977–? Zed Press
  2. ?–? Zed Books
  3. 2020–present Zed Books (Bloomsbury)
Also known as
Zed Press
Affiliation
Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing since 2020
Languages
English
Authority records
Wikidata · VIAF · Library of Congress
Sources
Wikipedia — Zed Books

Backlist

3340197019801990200020102020Founded 19771977: 4 titles1978: 7 titles1979: 18 titles1980: 18 titles1981: 35 titles1982: 48 titles1983: 68 titles1984: 71 titles1985: 73 titles1986: 79 titles1987: 66 titles1988: 62 titles1989: 64 titles1990: 62 titles1991: 61 titles1992: 52 titles1993: 51 titles1994: 49 titles1995: 75 titles1996: 53 titles1997: 59 titles1998: 58 titles1999: 74 titles2000: 94 titles2001: 104 titles2002: 107 titles2003: 101 titles2004: 108 titles2005: 125 titles2006: 115 titles2007: 95 titles2008: 98 titles2009: 65 titles2010: 113 titles2011: 88 titles2012: 73 titles2013: 125 titles2014: 89 titles2015: 103 titles2016: 81 titles2017: 81 titles2018: 87 titles2019: 148 titles2020: 112 titles2021: 334 titles2022: 27 titles2023: 7 titles2024: 14 titles2025: 15 titles2026: 1 title
Titles of Zed Books by year: 3,717 dated titles, 1977–2026, most in 2021 (334); 174 undated. Lines mark founded 1977.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1970s29
1980s584
1990s594
2000s1,012
2010s988
2020s510
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1977Israel✓ — Utopia Incorporated: A Study of Class, State, and Corporate Kin ControlUri DavisEnglish
1977Israel, Utopia Incorporated✓ — A Study of Class, State, and Corporate Kin ControlUri DavisEnglish
1977The Political Economy of Imperialism✓ — It's Theoretical and Polemical Treatment from Mercantilist to Multilateral Imperialism
Zed Imperialism Series
Dani Wadada NabudereEnglish
1977The Wealth of Some Nations✓
Zed Imperialism Series
Malcolm CaldwellEnglish
1978America, the New Imperialism✓ — From White Settlement to World Hegemony
Zed Imperialism Series
V. G. KiernanEnglish
1978Beyond Orange and Green✓ — The Political Economy of the Northern Ireland CrisisBelinda ProbertEnglish
1978Middle East Series✓—English
1978Revolutionary Pressures in Africa✓ — Claude Ake
Africa Series
Claude AkeEnglish
1978Thailand✓ — Origins of Military Rule
Asia Series
David Elliott & David L. ElliottEnglish
1978The Arab Nation✓ — Nationalism and Class Struggles
Middle East Series; No. 2
Samir AminEnglish
1978The Political Economy of Imperialism✓ — Its Theoretical and Polemical Treatment from Mercantilist to Multilateral Imperialism
Zed Imperialism Series
Dani Wadada NabudereEnglish
1979Africa series✓—French
1979Bangladesh✓ — The Unfinished Revolution
Asia Series; No. 2
Lawrence LifschultzEnglish
1979Development in Zambia✓ — A Reader
Africa Series; No. 5
Ben TurokEnglish
1979Forced Labour in Colonial Africa✓
Africa Series -- No. 2
A. T. NzulaEnglish
1979Frogs in a Well✓ — Indian Women in Purdah
Women in the Third World Series; 1
Patricia JefferyEnglish
1979Iran's Islamic Revolution✓ — Popular Liberation or Religious Dictatorship?Suroosh IrfaniEnglish
1979Is the Red Flag Flying?✓ — The Political Economy of the Soviet Union
Imperialism Series
Albert SzymanskiEnglish
1979Marxism and the Muslim World✓
Middle East Series; 4
Maxime RodinsonEnglish
1979Mexico 1910 - 1982✓ — Reform or Revolution?Donald Clark Hodges & Ross GandyEnglish
1979Mexico, 1910-1976✓ — Reform or Revolution?
Latin America Series; No. 1
Donald Clark HodgesEnglish
1979Oil and Class Struggle✓—English
1979One Azania, One Nation✓ — The National Question in South Africa
Africa Series
No SizweEnglish
1979One Azania, One Nation: The National Question in South Africa / No Sizwe✓No SizweEnglish
1979Palestinians✓ — From Peasants to Revolutionaries: A People's History
Middle East Series; No 3
Rosemary SayighEnglish
1979Poverty & Power✓ — The Case for a Political Approach to Development and Its Implications for Action in the WestRachel HeatleyEnglish
1979The Zed Pan Africa Diary 1979✓—English
1979Women in the Third World Series✓—English
1979Year of Fire, Year of Ash✓ — The Soweto Revolt, Roots of a Revolution?
Africa Series
Baruch HirsonEnglish
1980African Women✓ — Their Struggle for Economic Independence
Women in the Third World Series
Christine ObboEnglish
1980America, the New Imperialism✓ — From White Settlement to World Hegemony
Zed Imperialism Series
V. G. KiernanEnglish
1980Capitalism and Revolution in Iran✓ — Selected Writings
Middle East Series
Bīžan ǦazanīEnglish
1980Dirty Work 2✓ — The CIA in AfricaEllen Ray, William H. Schaap, Karl M. Van Meter & Seán MacBrideEnglish
1980Imperialism in East Africa — Imperialism and Integration (Africa Series)Dani Wadada NabudereEnglish
1980India's Simmering Revolution✓Free — The Naxalite UprisingSumanta BanerjeeEnglish
1980Let Us Die Fighting✓ — The Struggle of the Herero and Nama Against German Imperialism (1884-1915)Horst DrechslerEnglish
1980Oil and Class Struggle✓
Imperialism Series
Petter Nore & Terisa E. TurnerEnglish
1980Outposts of Monopoly Capitalism✓ — Southern Africa in the Changing Global EconomyNeva Makgetla & Ann Willcox SeidmanEnglish
1980People Without a Country✓ — The Kurds and Kurdistan
Middle East Series
Abdul Rahman GhassemlouEnglish
1980Revolutionary Thought in the 20th Century✓
Imperialism Series
—English
1980Slaves of Slaves✓ — The Challenge of Latin American Women
Women in the Third World Series
Latin American & Caribbean Women's CollectiveEnglish
1980Small Garden..... Bitter Weed✓ — The Political Economy of Struggle and Change in JamaicaMichael Witter & George L. BeckfordEnglish
March 1980The Hidden Face of Eve✓ — Women in the Arab World
Women in the Third World Series; 2
Nawāl as- Saʿdāwī & Sherif HetataEnglish
1980The World Economic Crisis✓ — US Imperialism at Bay
Zed Imperialism Series
Yann FittEnglish
1980The World Economic Crisis: U.S. Imperialism at BayYann FittEnglish, French
1980Thunder from the Mountains✓ — Mau Mau Patriotic Songs
Africa Series
Maina wa KinyattiEnglish
1980We Will Smash This Prison!✓ — Indian Women in Struggle
Women in the Third World Series; 3
Gail OmvedtEnglish
1981African Socialism of Socialist Africa?✓
African Series
Abdul Rahman Mohamed BabuEnglish
1981African Socialism or Socialist Africa?✓
Africa Series
Abdul Rahman Mohamed BabuEnglish
1981African Socialism or Socialist Africa? (Africa Series)Mohammed BabuEnglish
1981African Women✓ — Their Struggle for Economic Independence
(Women in the Third World Series)
Christine ObboEnglish
1981C.I.A.and the Third WorldSatish KumarEnglish
1981CIA and the Third World✓ — A Study in Crypto-DiplomacySatish KumarEnglish
1981Class, State, and Power in the Third World✓ — With Case Studies on Class Conflict in Latin America
LandMark Studies
James F. PetrasEnglish
1981Dependent Capitalism in Crisis✓ — The Sri Lankan Economy, 1948-1980Satchi PonnambalamEnglish
1981Development in Zambia✓ — A Reader
Africa Series; 5
Ben TurokEnglish
1981Dirty Work✓ — The CIA in Western EuropePhilip Agee & Louis WolfEnglish
1981Egypt✓ — Portrait of a President, 1971-1981: The Counter-revolution in Egypt Sadat's Road to Jerusalem
Middle East Series
Ghali ShoukriEnglish
1981Entstehung einer Nation✓ — Der Befreiungskampf für NamibiaSouth-West Africa People's Organization of NamibiaGerman
1981Frogs in a Well✓ — Indian Women in PurdahPatricia JefferyEnglish
October 1981Historians and Africanist History✓ — A Critique, Post-colonial Historiography Examined
Africa Series
A. J. TemuEnglish
1981Imperialism and Exploitation✓
Imperialism in East Africa / D. Wadada Nabudere; 1
Dani Wadada NabudereEnglish
1981Imperialism in East Africa✓
Africa Series
Dani Wadada NabudereEnglish
1981Let Us Die Fighting — Namibia Under the GermansHorst DrechslerEnglish
1981Min ajl an tūlad ummah✓ — Kifāḥ al-taḥarrur al-waṭanī li-taḥrīr NāmībiyāSwapoArabic
1981No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky✓ — The Liberation of Guine and Cape Verde: Aspects of an African Revolution
Adrica Series
Basil DavidsonEnglish
1981No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky: The Liberation of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde — Aspects of an African RevolutionBasil DavidsonEnglish
1981Oil and Class Struggle✓
Zed Imperialism Series
Petter NoreEnglish
1981On Trial✓ — Reagan's War Against Nicaragua
Third World Books
—English
1981Palestinians, from Peasants to Revolutionaries✓ — A People's History Recorded by Rosemary Sayigh from Interviews with Camp Palestinians in Lebanon
Middle East Series; 3
Rosemary SayighHindi, English
1981Power to the People!✓ — South Africa in Struggle: A Pictorial History
[Africa Series]
Peder GouweniusEnglish
1981Revolutionary Thought in the 20th Century✓Ben TurokEnglish
1981Sandino's Daughters✓ — Testimonies of Nicaraguan Women in StruggleMargaret RandallEnglish
1981The China-Cambodia-Vietnam Triangle✓FreeWilfred Graham BurchettEnglish
1981The World in Their Web✓ — Dynamics of Textile Multinationals
Imperialism Series
Frederick ClairmonteEnglish
1981The Zed Pan Africa Handbook, 1982✓—English
1981To Be Born a Nation✓ — The Liberation Struggle for Namibia
Africa Series
SwapoEnglish
1981To Beborn a Nation✓ — The Liberation Struggle for Namibia—English
October 1981Triumph of the People✓ — The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua
Latin America Series
George BlackEnglish
1981We're Building the New School✓ — Diary of a Teacher in Mozambique
Africa Series
Chris SearleEnglish
1981Women of China✓ — Imperialism and Women's Resistance 1900-1949Bobby SiuEnglish
1981Year of Fire, Year of Ash✓ — The Soweto Revolt: Roots of a Revolution?
Africa Series
Baruch HirsonEnglish
1982A Special Caste?✓ — Tamil Women of Sri LankaElse SkjønsbergEnglish
1982African Women✓ — Their Struggle for Economic IndependenceChristine ObboEnglish
1982Agriculture in Chains✓ — Bangladesh, a Case Study in Contradictions and Constraints
Asia Series
Stefan De VlyderEnglish
1982Dirty Work 2✓ — The CIA in Africa
Africa Series
Ellen Ray, William H. Schaap, Karl M. Van Meter & Louis WolfEnglish
1982Dollars & Dictators✓ — A Guide to Central AmericaTom BarryEnglish
1982Fishers of Men or Founders of Empire?✓ — The Wycliffe Bible Translators in Latin America
Special Report. Cultural Survival; 4
David StollEnglish
1982I Speak for Lebanon✓
Voices of Struggle Series
Kamāl JunblāṭEnglish
October 1982I Speak for Lebanon (Voices of Struggle Series)Kamal JoumblattEnglish
1982Ignorance Is the Enemy of Love✓
Literature from the Third World Series
Faarax M. J. CawlEnglish
1982Imperialism and Integration✓
Imperialism in East Africa / D. Wadada Nabudere; 2
Dani Wadada NabudereEnglish
1982Imperialism and Underdevelopment in Nigeria✓ — The Dialectics of Mass PovertyBade OnimodeEnglish
1982Imperialism in East Africa✓Dani Wadada NabudereEnglish
1982In the Shadow of Islam✓ — The Women's Movement in Iran
Women in the Third World
Azar Tabari & Nahid YeganehEnglish
1982Independent Kenya✓—English
1982Journal of African Marxists✓—Multiple languages
1982Kanyama Chiume (Panaf Great Lives)PanafEnglish
1982Pan Africanism or Neo-colonialism?✓ — The Bankruptcy of the O.A.U
Africa Series (Zed Press)
Moukoko PrisoEnglish
1982PanAfricanism or Neo-colonialism?✓ — The Bankruptcy of the O.A.U.
Africa Series
Elenga M'buyingaEnglish
1982Panafricanism or Neocolonialism?
Africa Series
Elenga MbuyingaEnglish
1982Path to Nigerian Development✓Okwudiba NnoliEnglish
1982Peasants and Politics in Kampuchea, 1942-1981✓Ben KiernanEnglish
1982People Without a Country✓ — The Kurds and Kurdistan
Middle East Series
Gérard Chaliand, A. R. Ghassemlou, Kendal & Mustapha NazdarEnglish
1982Political Science in Africa✓ — A Critical ReviewYolamu BarongoEnglish
1982Problems of Socialism✓ — The Nigerian Challenge
Africa Series
Edwin MadunaguEnglish
1982Safe and Sound✓ — Disarmament and Development in the EightiesClyde SangerEnglish
1982Sisters in Affliction✓ — Circumcision and Infibulation of Women in AfricaRaqiya Haji Dualeh AbdallaEnglish
1982Small Garden ... Better Weed✓ — The Political Economy of Struggle and Charge in JamaicaGeorge BeckfordEnglish
1982Small Garden-- Bitter Weed✓ — The Political Economy of Struggle and Change in JamaicaGeorge L. BeckfordEnglish
1982The African Liberation Leader✓Aquino de BragançaEnglish
1982The African Liberation Reader✓ — Documents of the National Liberation Movements
Africa Series (London, England)
Aquino de BragançaEnglish
1982The Aluminium Industry and the Third World✓ — Multinational Corporations and UnderdevelopmentRonald GrahamEnglish
1982The Arab Economy Today✓
Middle East Series
Samīr Amīn & Aidan Foster-CarterEnglish
1982The Battle of Beirut✓ — Why Israel Invaded Lebanon
Middle East
Michael JansenEnglish
1982The Crisis of External Dependence✓ — The Political Economy of Foreign Aid to Bangladesh
Third World Studies
Rehman SobhanEnglish
1982The Director and the Stage✓ — From Naturalism to Grotowski
Performance Books
Edward BraunEnglish
1982The Hidden Face of Eve✓ — Women in the Arab World
Women in the Third World Series; 2
Nawāl as- Saʿdāwī & Šarīf ḤatātaEnglish
1982The House of Obedience✓ — Women in Arab Society
Third World Books
Juliette MincesEnglish
1982The Internationalization of Capital✓ — The Prospects for the Third World; a Re-examination of Dependency Theory. In Assoc. With Scandinavian Institute of African Studies
Imperialism Series
Henrik Secher Marcussen, Jens Erik Torp, Jens Eric Torp & Scandinavian Institute of African StudiesEnglish
1982The Lace Makers of Narsapur✓ — Indian Housewives Produce for the World Market
Women in the Third World
Maria MiesEnglish
1982The Longest War — Northern Ireland and the IRAKevin KelleyEnglish
1982The South African Game✓ — Sport and Racism
Africa Series
Robert ArcherEnglish
1982Through the Indian Looking-Glass✓ — Selected Articles on India, 1976-1980David SelbourneEnglish
1982Triumph of the People — The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua (Latin America Series)George BlackEnglish
1982Turkey in Crisis✓ — From State Capitalism to Neocolonialism
Middle East Series
Berch BerberogluEnglish
1982War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin✓Tony Avirgan & Martha HoneyEnglish
1982We Shall Return✓ — Women of PalestineIngela Bendt & James DowningEnglish
1982Woman, Why Do You Weep?✓ — Circumcision and Its Consequences
Women in the Third World. Africa
Asma El DareerEnglish
1982Women of China✓ — Imperialism and Women's Resistance, 1900-1949
Women in the Third World Series
Bobby SiuEnglish
1983A Quiet Violence✓ — View from a Bangladesh Village
Third World Studies
Betsy HartmannEnglish
1983African Socialism or Socialist Africa?✓
Africa Series
Abdul Rahman Mohamed BabuEnglish
1983Angola in the Front LineMichael WolfersEnglish
1983Angola in the Frontline✓ — Michael Wolfers and Jane Bergerol
Contemporary History/revolutionary Struggles
Michael WolfersEnglish
1983Black Marxism✓ — The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
Third World Studies
Cedric James RobinsonEnglish
1983Britain's Military Strategy in Ireland✓ — The Kitson Experiment—English
1983China from Mao to Deng✓ — The Politics and Economics of Socialist DevelopmentBruce CumingsEnglish
1983Chinese Women Since Mao✓Elisabeth J. CrollEnglish
1983Class and Communalism in Malaysia✓ — Politics in a Dependent Capitalist StateWu Yin HuaEnglish
1983Cold War or Detente?✓ — The Soviet Viewpoint
International Relations
G. A. ArbatovEnglish
1983Contemporary Arab Political Thought✓Anouar Abdel-MalekEnglish
1983Dollars & Dictators✓ — A Guide to Central AmericaTom Barry, Beth Wood & Deb PreuschEnglish
1983Dollars and Dictators — A Guide to Central AmericaTom BarryEnglish
1983EthiopiaRene LefortNot recorded
1983Ethiopia, an Heretical Revolution?✓
Third World Studies
René LefortEnglish
1983Ethiopia: An Hertical Revolution?✓René LefortEnglish
1983Ethiopia. Political Events✓Rene LefortEnglish
March 1983Fishers of Men or Founders of Empire? — The Wycliffe Bible Translators in Latin AmericaDavid StollEnglish
1983From Race to Class — Links and Parallels in African and Black American Protest ExpressionKinfe AbrahamEnglish
1983Greetings from Lappland✓ — The Sami, Europe's Forgotten PeopleNils-Aslak ValkeapääEnglish
March 1983Imperialism and Underdevelopment in Nigeria — The Dialectics of Mass PovertyBade OnimodeEnglish
March 1983In the Shadow of Islam — The Women's Movement in Iran (Women in the Third World)—English
March 1983Independent Kenya—English
December 1983India and the Third World — Altrusim or Hegemony (Latin America Series)Srikant DuttEnglish
1983Indonesia✓ — Law, Propaganda, and TerrorJulie SouthwoodEnglish
1983Iran's Islamic Revolution✓ — Popular Liberation or Religious Dictatorship?
Third World Studies
Suroosh IrfaniEnglish
1983Is the Red Flag Flying?✓ — The Political Economy of the Soviet UnionAlbert SzymanskiEnglish
1983Marxism and the Muslim World✓
Middle East Series
Maxime RodinsonEnglish
1983Mexico, 1910-1982✓ — Reform or Revolution?Donald Clark HodgesEnglish
1983Ministers of God, Ministers of the People✓ — Testimonies of Faith from NicaraguaTeófilo CabestreroEnglish
1983Minjung Theology✓ — People as the Subjects of HistoryChristian Conference of AsiaEnglish
1983Mozambique✓ — Towards a People's Health Service
Third World Studies
Gillian Walt & Angela MelamedEnglish
1983My Home, My Prison✓Raymonda Hawa-TawilEnglish
1983No Fist Is Big Enough to Hide the Sky✓Basil DavidsonEnglish
1983Non-Jewish Zionism✓ — Its Roots in Western History
(Middle East. Contemporary History)
Regina S. SharifEnglish
1983Northern Ireland — Between Civil Rights and Civil WarLiam O'Dowd & Bill RolstonEnglish
1983PakistanHassan Gardezi & Jamil RashidEnglish
1983Pakistan, the Roots of Dictatorship✓ — The Political Economy of a Praetorian StateHassan Nawaz Gardezi, Jamil Rashid & Hassan GardeziEnglish
1983Persistent Poverty✓ — Underdevelopment in Plantation Economies of the Third World
Third World Studies
George L. BeckfordEnglish
1983Philippines — Repression and ResistancePeople's Permanent TribunalEnglish
1983Political Science in Africa✓ — A Critical Review. Ed. by Yolamu Barongo
(Africa Series)
Yolamu BarongoEnglish
December 1983Politics and Dependency in the Third World (Third World Studies)Ronnie MunckEnglish
1983Production, Equality, and Participation in Rural China✓Matthias StiefelEnglish
1983Slaves of Slaves✓ — The Challenge of Latin American Women: Latin American and Caribbean Women's CollectiveMichael PallisEnglish
1983Sri Lanka✓ — National Conflict and the Tamil Liberation StruggleSatchi Ponnambalam & Tamil Information CentreEnglish
1983The Aluminum Industry and the Third World — Multinational Corporations and Under DevelopmentRonald GrahamEnglish
1983The Arab Nation✓ — Nationalism and Class Struggles
Middle East Series
Samīr Amīn & Michael PallisEnglish
1983The Armenians✓ — From Genocide to ResistanceGérard ChaliandEnglish
1983The Crisis of External Dependence — The Political Economy of Foreign Aid to Bangladesh (Third World Studies)Rehman SobhanEnglish
1983The Family Rice Bowl✓ — Food and Domestic Economy in ChinaElisabeth J. CrollEnglish
1983The Health of China✓Ruth SidelEnglish
1983The PLO and Palestine✓ — Middle East, Contemporary History, Human Rights
Third World Studies
Abdallah FrangiEnglish
1983The Political Economy of Imperialism✓ — Its Theoretical and Polemical Treatment from Mercantilist to Multilateral ImperialismDan Wadada NabudereEnglish
1983The Soviet Viewpoint✓Georgi A. ArbatovEnglish
1983The Struggle for Africa✓—English
1983The Struggle for Mozambique✓
Africa Series
Eduardo MondlaneEnglish
1983The World in Their Web✓ — Dynamics of Textile Multinationals
Imperialism Series
Frederick ClairmonteEnglish
December 15, 1983Third World Second Sex: Women's Struggles and National Liberation — Third World Women Speak Out (Third World-Second Sex)Miranda DaviesEnglish
1983Third World, Second Sex✓ — Women's Struggles and National Liberation; Third World Women Speak Out
Women in the Third World
Miranda DaviesEnglish
1983This Land is our Land✓ — The West Bank under Israeli OccupationJan Metzger, Martin Orth & Christian SterzingGerman
1983To Be Born a Nation✓ — The Liberation Struggle for Namibia
Africa Series
South West Africa people's organization of NamibiaEnglish
1983Triumph of the People✓ — The Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua
Latin America Series
George BlackEnglish
1983War in Uganda: Legacy of Idi AminTony Avigar & Martha HoneyNot recorded
1983Woman at Point Zero✓
New Fiction
Nawal El SaadawiEnglish
1983Woman, Why Do You Weep?✓ — Circumcision and Its Consequences
Third World Books
Asma El DareerEnglish
December 1983Women in Post-Mao ChinaElisabeth J. CrollEnglish
1983Women of Africa✓ — Roots of Oppression
Women in the Third World
Maria Rosa CutrufelliEnglish
1983Zimbabwe, a Revolution That Lost Its Way?✓
Contemporary History / Revolutuionary Struggle
André AstrowEnglish
1984"Let us die fighting"✓ — The struggle of the Herero and Nama against German imperialism 1884-1915Horst DrechslerGerman
October 1984A Quiet Violence — View from a Bangladesh VillageBetsy Hartmann & James K. BoyceEnglish