The University of Alabama Press
As the scholarly publishing arm of the university, The University of Alabama Press serves as an agent in the advancement of learning and the dissemination of scholarship. The Press applies the highest standards to all phases of publishing including acquisitions, editorial, production, and marketing.

UAP has won numerous awards for its publications over the years and has developed a solid list of titles in archaeology, public administration, and several areas of literature and history. With a staff of 17, the Press publishes between 80 to 85 books a year and has a backlist of approximately 1,800 titles in print.
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Two-Party Politics in the One-Party South

Alabama's Hill Country, 1874–1920

University of Alabama Press

A challenge to the long-held view that the only important and influential politicians in post-Reconstruction Deep South states were Democrats.

  • Copyright year: 1997
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More Than Science and Sputnik

The National Defense Education Act of 1958

University of Alabama Press

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the National Defense Education Act.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Isaac Taylor Tichenor

The Creation of the Baptist New South

University of Alabama Press

The influential role Tichenor played in shaping both the Baptist denomination and southern culture

  • Copyright year: 2005
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The Road South

Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders

University of Alabama Press

Revisits the inspiring and heroic stories of the Freedom Riders, through their own words

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Cahokia's Complexities

Ceremonies and Politics of the First Mississippian Farmers

University of Alabama Press

Critical new discoveries and archaeological patterns increase understanding of early Mississippian culture and society

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Among the Swamp People

Life in Alabama's Mobile-Tensaw River Delta

By Watt Key; Illustrated by Kelan Mercer
University of Alabama Press

Colorful and lively personal essays about life in the wilds of Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
 

  • Copyright year: 2015
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Malignant Growth

Creating the Modern Cancer Research Establishment, 1875–1915

University of Alabama Press

An examination of the first attempt to conquer cancer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Interruptions

The Fragmentary Aesthetic in Modern Literature

University of Alabama Press

A history of fragmentary—or interrupted—writing in avant-garde poetry and prose by a renowned literary critic.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Hispanicism and Early US Literature

Spain, Mexico, Cuba, and the Origins of US National Identity

University of Alabama Press

Well-researched analysis of the impact that Spain and Spanish America had on antebellum literature in the United States

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Disability, Civil Rights, and Public Policy

The Politics of Implementation

University of Alabama Press

An examination of US public policymaking and securing rights for people with disabilities.

  • Copyright year: 1989
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Of Such a Nature/Índole

By José Kozer; Translated by Peter Boyle; Introduction by Peter Boyle; Edited by Peter Boyle
University of Alabama Press

An English translation from one of Latin America’s most distinguished poets.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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An American Rabbi in Korea

A Chaplain's Journey in the Forgotten War

University of Alabama Press

A firsthand account of the American Jewish experience on the front lines of the Korean War
 

  • Copyright year: 2004
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama, 1933–1942

A Great and Lasting Good

University of Alabama Press

The Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama traces in great detail the work projects, the camp living conditions, the daily lives of the enrollees, the administration and management challenges, and the lasting effects of this Neal Deal program in Alabama.

  • Copyright year: 2008
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy of Dissent

Feminist Rhetoric and the Law

University of Alabama Press

A rhetorical analysis of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s feminist jurisprudence

  • Copyright year: 2018
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TOKYO

University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2

A novel in three parts, linked by a single narrative of disaster, loss, and longing

  • Copyright year: 2018
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The Making Sense of Things

University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2

A grand tour of the edges of our lives, where glory and significance riot against the logic of living and the pall of tragedy.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Bhopal Dance

A Novel

University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2

An imaginative, erotic rethinking of Bhopal’s disaster—and perhaps our own

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Points of Honor

Short Stories of the Great War by a US Combat Marine

By Thomas Boyd; Edited by Steven Trout; Introduction by Steven Trout
University of Alabama Press

A masterwork of World War I short stories portraying the experiences of Marines in battle.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Maria Martin's World

Art and Science, Faith and Family in Audubon’s America

University of Alabama Press

The first book-length treatment of one of John James Audubon’s background painters.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Lacan in Public

Psychoanalysis and the Science of Rhetoric

University of Alabama Press

Lacan in Public argues that Lacan’s contributions to the theory of rhetoric are substantial and revolutionary and that rhetoric is, in fact, the central concern of Lacan’s entire body of work.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Doctrine and Race

African American Evangelicals and Fundamentalism between the Wars

University of Alabama Press

Doctrine and Race examines the history of African American Baptists and Methodists of the early twentieth century and their struggle for equality in the context of white Protestant fundamentalism.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Camp Chase and the Evolution of Union Prison Policy

University of Alabama Press

Discusses an important yet often misunderstood topic in American History

  • Copyright year: 2007
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Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks

University of Alabama Press

An examination of two seemingly incongruous areas of study: ancient rhetoric and digitally networked communication
 

  • Copyright year: 2018
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The Perfect Scout

A Soldier’s Memoir of the Great March to the Sea and the Campaign of the Carolinas

University of Alabama Press

A rare and dramatic first-person account by a Union scout who served General William Tecumseh Sherman on his “march to the sea”

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Scalia v. Scalia

Opportunistic Textualism in Constitutional Interpretation

University of Alabama Press

An analysis of the discrepancy between the ways Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued the Constitution should be interpreted versus how he actually interpreted the law

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Cuarto oscuro

Recuerdos en blanco y negro

University of Alabama Press

La novela gráfico de Lila Quintero-Weaver que obtuvo amplio reconocimiento crítico. Por medio de impresionantes ilustraciones, la autora ofrece una memoria cautivante y conmovedora de la infancia, las relaciones raciales, la etnicidad y la identidad en el sur de los Estados Unidos. Sus dibujos de estilo sutil, pero efectivo, refuerzan dramáticament una sentida narración.

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Chemical Lands

Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America’s Grasslands since 1945

University of Alabama Press

An exploration of the elaborate relationship between farmers, aerial sprayers, agriculturalists, crop pests, chemicals, and the environment

  • Copyright year: 2018
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To Stand Aside or Stand Alone

Southern Reform Rabbis and the Civil Rights Movement

University of Alabama Press

To Stand Aside or Stand Alone is a landmark collection of previously unpublished interviews with Reform rabbis concerning their roles in the civil rights movement. 

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Theatre History Studies 2017, Vol. 36

Edited by Sara Freeman; Introduction by Sara Freeman
University of Alabama Press

Theatre History Studies is a peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-American Theatre Conference (MATC), a regional body devoted to theatre scholarship and practice.

  • Copyright year: 2017
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Martin Buber's Formative Years

From German Culture to Jewish Renewal, 1897–1909

University of Alabama Press

An illuminating look at an understudied, but critical, period in Buber’s early career.

  • Copyright year: 1995
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