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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Translating the Ketubah

The Jewish Marriage Contract in America and England

University of Alabama Press

A groundbreaking exploration of the Jewish marriage contract and its evolution in English translation

  • Copyright year: 2024
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The Lost Cause and the Great War

Progressive Reform and Patriotism in the American South

University of Alabama Press

How Tennessee reformers reconciled Southern heritage with rising nationalism, weaving the Lost Cause into the fabric of American progress and identity

  • Copyright year: 2025
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The First Fleets

Colonial Navies of the British Atlantic World, 1630–1775

University of Alabama Press

A revealing study on the little-known and misunderstood provincial navies established by North American British colonists

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Playing for Power

Black Resistance in Amateur Basketball and Football in Jim Crow Virginia

University of Alabama Press

Reveals the role of amateur Black football and basketball in Virginia before integration as a form of resistance to white supremacy

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Lost City, Found Pyramid

Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices

University of Alabama Press

Lost City, Found Pyramid: Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices explores the phenomenon of pseudoarchaeology in popular culture and the ways that professional archaeologists can respond to sensationalized depictions of archaeology and archaeologists.

  • Copyright year: 2016
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Echoes of Exile

A Family’s Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War

University of Alabama Press

In “Echoes of Exile,” Daniela Spenser weaves together a history of Europe’s calamitous 20th century conflicts—the Holocaust, Communism, the Cold War—by tracing those events in the lives of her parents and grandparents of Czech, Polish, and German descent. Enhancing and humanizing extensive archival research with interviews and hundreds of personal letters, Echoes of Exile brings complex political history to vivid life in the story of one family's struggle to survive.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Echoes of Exile

A Family's Odyssey through the Holocaust and Cold War

University of Alabama Press

In “Echoes of Exile,” Daniela Spenser weaves together a history of Europe’s calamitous 20th century conflicts—the Holocaust, Communism, the Cold War—by tracing those events in the lives of her parents and grandparents of Czech, Polish, and German descent. Enhancing and humanizing extensive archival research with interviews and hundreds of personal letters, Echoes of Exile brings complex political history to vivid life in the story of one family's struggle to survive.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Tried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie

University of Alabama Press

Thomas Jefferson Cypert (1827-1918) was a staunch Union man in one of the most Confederate areas of Tennessee, and became Captain of Company A in the 2nd Regiment, Mounted Infantry, U.S. Tennessee Volunteers. After the war, he served at least one term in the Tennessee State Senate. He wrote this manuscript for publication to defend his stance and recount his wartime experiences. It was never published, and has existed in his family in manuscript form until now.

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Theaters of Translation

Cosmopolitan Vernaculars in Shakespeare's England

University of Alabama Press

Explores the profound influence of multilingual dictionaries, dialogues, and grammars on English Renaissance playwrights

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Manifesting Violence

White Terrorism, Digital Culture, and the Rhetoric of Replacement

University of Alabama Press

Manifesting Violence explores the digital world as a fertile location where white supremist groups spread manifestos and screeds about a supposed white genocide. 

  • Copyright year: 2025
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