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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Desert Rose
The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King
By Edythe Scott Bagley; Afterword by Bernice King
University of Alabama Press
Details Coretta Scott King's upbringing in a family of proud, land-owning African Americans with a profound devotion to the ideals of social equality and the values of education
- Copyright year: 2012
Deep South Dynasty
The Bankheads of Alabama
University of Alabama Press
The sweeping story of an ambitious and once-powerful southern family
- Copyright year: 2022
Detroit Remains
Archaeology and Community Histories of Six Legendary Places
University of Alabama Press
An archaeologically grounded history of six legendary places in Detroit
- Copyright year: 2022
American Examples
New Conversations about Religion, Volume One
Edited by Michael J. Altman
University of Alabama Press
Fresh new perspectives on the study of religion, ranging from a church-architecture mecca of Southeast Indiana to what an atheist parent believes
- Copyright year: 2022
The Mark of Rebels
Indios Fronterizos and Mexican Independence
University of Alabama Press
Explores social and cultural transformations among the indigenous communities of western Mexico, especially the indios fronterizos (Frontier Indians), preceding and during the struggle for independence
Suburban Dreams
Imagining and Building the Good Life
University of Alabama Press
Explores how the suburban imaginary, composed of the built environment and imaginative texts, functions as a resource for living out the “good life”
Genius Belabored
Childbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis
University of Alabama Press
The fascinating story of Ignaz Semmelweis, a nineteenth-century obstetrician ostracized for his strident advocacy of disinfection as a way to prevent childbed fever
The Species Maker
A Novel
University of Alabama Press
A historical novel about the role of science in modern life, set against the backdrop of the 1925 Scopes Trial
- Copyright year: 2021
In the Blood of Our Brothers
Abolitionism and the End of the Slave Trade in Spain's Atlantic Empire, 1800–1870
University of Alabama Press
Details the abolition of the slave trade in the Atlantic World to the 1860s
- Copyright year: 2021
Ye That Are Men Now Serve Him
Radical Holiness Theology and Gender in the South
University of Alabama Press
Examines how religious belief reshaped concepts of gender during the New South period that took place from 1877 to 1915 in ways that continue to manifest today