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Zed Books
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Zed Books is an independent non-fiction
book publishing company based in London.
Founded in 1977 under the name Zed Press, Zed publishes academic books covering areas such as politics, economics, gender studies
, development studies, and the environment.
s. It publishes around 50 books per year, providing many to the academic market, as well as university courses.
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
book publishing company based in London.
Founded in 1977 under the name Zed Press, Zed publishes academic books covering areas such as politics, economics, gender studies
Gender studies
Gender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location.Gender study has many different forms. One view exposed by the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"...
, development studies, and the environment.
Zed today
Zed Books is managed as a co-operative by its worker-directors, without any shareholderShareholder
A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or institution that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a public or private corporation. Shareholders own the stock, but not the corporation itself ....
s. It publishes around 50 books per year, providing many to the academic market, as well as university courses.