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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Creating the American State

The Moral Reformers and the Modern Administrative World They Made

University of Alabama Press

In this illuminating and provocative study, Stillman provides a new understanding of the foundation of the American state.

  • Copyright year: 1998
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The Tombigbee Watershed in Southeastern Prehistory

University of Alabama Press

Representing the synthesis of approximately ten years of archaeological research along the central Tombigbee River, this book offers new theoretical and interpretive contributions to the study of human activity in the Tombigbee River Valley from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1450.

  • Copyright year: 1986
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Structure and Process in Southeastern Archaeology

University of Alabama Press

Within the general structure-and-process theme of this compendium, the authors have focused on either intrasite problems (those dealing with the formation and structure of a site, type of site, or type of feature) or intersite problems (those dealing with behavioral organization and process as developed from comparative site data). These papers, from a broad range of specialists, present a comprehensive study of southeastern archaeology.

  • Copyright year: 1985
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The Woodland Southeast

University of Alabama Press

This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Design and Debris

A Chaotics of Postmodern American Fiction

University of Alabama Press

Reading eight major contemporary authors through the lens of chaos theory, Conte offers new and original interpretations of works that have been the subject of much critical debate

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Shootout with Father

University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2

A richly textured novel built around the love-hate conflict between a father and his grown son

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Histories of Southeastern Archaeology

University of Alabama Press

This volume provides a comprehensive, broad-based overview, including first-person accounts, of the development and conduct of archaeology in the Southeast over the past three decades.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Visible Ink

University of Alabama Press

This final collection of poems from witty wordsmith and rhyme builder George Starbuck greatly expands his oeuvre and offers witness to the transformative power of poetry when practiced by a master.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Building a Legislative-Centered Public Administration

Congress and the Administrative State, 1946-1999

University of Alabama Press

Explains the reasons behind Congress's expanded role in the federal government, its underlying coherence, and its continuing significance for those who study and practice public administration

  • Copyright year: 2002
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New Perspectives on the Origins of Americanist Archaeology

University of Alabama Press

In this landmark book, experienced scholars take a retrospective look at the developing routes that have brought American archaeologists into the 21st century.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Southern Women Playwrights

New Essays in History and Criticism

University of Alabama Press
  • Copyright year: 2001
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Led by Language

The Poetry and Poetics of Susan Howe

University of Alabama Press

This first full-length study of Susan Howe illuminates the historical,
autobiographical, and theoretical influences that underlie the work of this enigmatic and important contemporary American poet.

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The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold

University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2

The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold is a lavishly poetic novel that draws upon the motifs of traditional German, Russian and Yiddish folklore and fairy stories to recount the visionary obsessions of a passionate young woman.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Religion, Politics and the American Experience

Reflections on Religion and American Public Life

Edited by Edith L. Blumhofer; Epilogue by Martin E. Marty; Introduction by Martin E. Marty
University of Alabama Press

This challenging collection of essays offers a refreshing approach to the troubling–and timely–subject of religion and public policy in American, and the ways in which issues of church and state affect our national identity.

  • Copyright year: 2002
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Another's Country

Archaeological and Historical Perspectives on Cultural Interactions in the Southern Colonies

University of Alabama Press

An engaging look at the rise and fall of cultural diversity in the colonial South and its role in shaping a distinct southern identity
 

  • Copyright year: 2001
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We Who Love to Be Astonished

Experimental Women's Writing and Performance Poetics

University of Alabama Press

The first critical volume devoted to the full range of women's postmodern works

  • Copyright year: 2001
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The Women of Provincetown, 1915–1922

University of Alabama Press

Examines the roles a remarkable group of women played in one of the most influential theatre groups in America
 

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Telling It Slant

Avant Garde Poetics of the 1990S

University of Alabama Press
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Our Elders Teach Us

Maya-Kaqchikel Historical Perspectives

By David Carey; Preface by Allan Burns
University of Alabama Press

 

In this rich and dynamic work, David Carey Jr. provides a new perspective on contemporary Guatemalan history by allowing the indigenous peoples to speak for themselves. Valuable to historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, or anyone interested in Mayan and Latin American studies, this book will inform as well as enchant.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Poor but Proud

Alabama's Poor Whites

University of Alabama Press

This meticulous reconstruction of the lives of poor whites in the heart of Dixie is a model study inviting new respect for a people who have suffered from widespread and continuing stereotyping.

1991 James F. Sulzby Book Award, sponsored by Alabama Historical Association
1991 Alabama Library Author Award, sponsored by Alabama Library Association
1990 Lillian Smith Book Award, sponsored by Southern Regional Council
1989 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, sponsored by Choice Magazine


  • Copyright year: 2001
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Plants from the Past

Works Of Leonard W. Blake & Hugh C. Cutler

University of Alabama Press

Plants from the Past is a fascinating, comprehensive record of the work of two dedicated plant scientists who were instrumental in the establishment of archaeobotany and paleoethnobotany as vigorous subdisciplines within American archaeology.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Excavations at Wickliffe Mounds

University of Alabama Press

Wesler provides an impressive and definitive compilation of more than 70 years of archaeological excavations at one of the most important archaeological sites in Kentucky.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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A Fire You Can't Put Out

The Civil Rights Life of Birmingham's Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

University of Alabama Press

This first biography of Fred Shuttlesworth-winner of both the 2000 Lillian Smith Award and the 2001 James F. Sulzby Jr. Award-details the fascinating life of the controversial preacher who led integration efforts in Birmingham with the courage and fervor of a religious crusader.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Confederate Home Front

Montgomery during the Civil War

University of Alabama Press

With this superbly written, meticulously researched, and concisely argued study, Rogers has helped deepen our understanding of the Confederate civilian experience.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Reading Southern History

Essays on Interpreters and Interpretations

Edited by Glenn Feldman
University of Alabama Press

This collection of essays examines the contributions of some of the most notable interpreters of southern history and culture, furthering our understanding of the best historical work produced on the region.

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Anthropologists and Indians in the New South

University of Alabama Press

A clear assessment of the growing mutual respect and strengthening bond between modern Native Americans and the researchers who explore their past
 

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Historic Architecture in Alabama

A Guide to Styles and Types, 1810-1930

University of Alabama Press

Richly illustrated and concisely organized, this architectural guide provides an invaluable resource for those interested in the study, appreciation, and preservation of the state's architecture.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Island Lives

Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean

Edited by Paul Farnsworth
University of Alabama Press

This comprehensive study of the historical archaeology of the Caribbean provides sociopolitical context for the ongoing development of national identities; points to the future by suggesting different trajectories that historical archaeology and its practitioners may take in the Caribbean arena; and elucidates the problems and issues faced worldwide by researchers working in colonial and post-colonial societies.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Black, White, and Huckleberry Finn

Re-imagining the American Dream

University of Alabama Press

Takes a hard, systematic look at the depiction of blacks, whites, and race relations in Mark Twain's classic novel, raising questions about its canonical status in American literature

  • Copyright year: 2001
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The Untidy Pilgrim

By Eugene Walter; Introduction by Katherine Clark
University of Alabama Press

"A zanier bunch of characters has seldom been collected between the covers of a novel. And yet, eccentric though they may be, it is impossible not to love them."
New York Times

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Setting the Agenda for American Archaeology

The National Research Council Archaeological Conferences of 1929, 1932, and 1935

University of Alabama Press

This collection elucidates the key role played by the National Research Council seminars, reports, and pamphlets in setting an agenda that has guided American archaeology in the 20th century.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Dead Towns of Alabama

University of Alabama Press

This easy-to-use reference work documents the many long-vanished towns, forts, settlements, and former state capitals that were once thriving communities of Alabama.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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The Blue Guide to Indiana

University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2

An ersatz travel book for the Hoosier State

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Yiddish & English

The Story of Yiddish in America

University of Alabama Press

This is the only book to seriously treat the intriguing linguistic and cultural phenomenon of the intimate contact between Yiddish and English over the past 120 years.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Theatre Symposium, Vol. 9

Theatre and Politics in the Twentieth Century

University of Alabama Press
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Cotton City

Urban Development in Antebellum Mobile

University of Alabama Press

Amos’s study delineates the basis for Mobile’s growth and the ways in which residents and their government promoted growth and adapted to it.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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The One-Gallused Rebellion

Agrarianism in Alabama, 1865-1896

University of Alabama Press

This key study in the history of Alabama's agrarian movement of the late 19th century will be welcomed anew by agricultural, political, labor, and southern historians.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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Hitting A Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick

Race and Gender in the Work of Zora Neale Hurston

University of Alabama Press
  • Copyright year: 2001
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Ulster and North America

Transatlantic Perspectives on the Scotch Irish

University of Alabama Press

This collection of thought-provoking essays addresses the complex issues of Ulster Scots history and ethnic identity by viewing them from a transatlantic and comparative perspective.

  • Copyright year: 2001
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The Cost of Courage

The Journey of an American Congressman

University of Alabama Press

This deeply moving story chronicles the tenacity and vision that carried Carl Elliott from the hills of northwest Alabama to eight distinguished terms in the United States House of Representatives.

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