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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Alabama
The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition
University of Alabama Press
A new and up-to-date edition of Alabama’s history to celebrate the state’s bicentennial
- Copyright year: 2018
Thomas Wolfe Remembered
Edited by Mark Canada and Nami Montgomery
University of Alabama Press
A collection of reminiscences captures the private life of a great American writer.
- Copyright year: 2018
Big City
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
A fiction of the city as a chorus of voices, an entity that is both one and many
- Copyright year: 2018
Field Rhetoric
Ethnography, Ecology, and Engagement in the Places of Persuasion
Edited by Candice Rai and Caroline Gottschalk Druschke; Introduction by Candice Rai and Caroline Gottschalk Druschke; Afterword by Phaedra Carmen Pezzullo and Gerard A. Hauser
University of Alabama Press
A survey of the innovative scholarship emerging at the intersections of rhetoric and fieldwork
- Copyright year: 2018
Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink
Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast
Edited by Tanya M. Peres Lemons and Aaron Deter-Wolf
University of Alabama Press
Archaeological case studies that explore the rituals and cultural significance of foods in the southeastern United States
- Copyright year: 2018
Nature's Prophet
Alfred Russel Wallace and His Evolution from Natural Selection to Natural Theology
University of Alabama Press
An astute study of Alfred Russel Wallace’s path to natural theology.
- Copyright year: 2018
Engines of Rebellion
Confederate Ironclads and Steam Engineering in the American Civil War
By Saxon Bisbee
University of Alabama Press
A challenge to the prevailing idea that Confederate ironclads were inherently defective
- Copyright year: 2018
Gears and God
Technocratic Fiction, Faith, and Empire in Mark Twain's America
University of Alabama Press
A revealing study of the connections between nineteenth-century technological fiction and American religious faith
- Copyright year: 2018
Constance Baker Motley
One Woman's Fight for Civil Rights and Equal Justice under Law
By Gary L. Ford
University of Alabama Press
When the name Constance Baker Motley is mentioned, more often than not, the response is “Who was she?” or “What did she do?” The answer is multifaceted, complex, and inspiring.
To Raise Up the Man Farthest Down
Tuskegee University’s Advancements in Human Health, 1881–1987
University of Alabama Press
An important historical account of Tuskegee University’s significant advances in health care, which affected millions of lives worldwide
- Copyright year: 2018
Faces of Resistance
Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity
Edited by S. Ashley Kistler
University of Alabama Press
Fosters a holistic understanding of the roles of Maya heroic figures as cornerstones of cultural identity and political resistance and power
- Copyright year: 2018
Alabama Founders
Fourteen Political and Military Leaders Who Shaped the State
University of Alabama Press
A biographical history of the forefathers who shaped the identity of Alabama politically, legally, economically, militarily, and geographically
- Copyright year: 2018
Cahaba Prison and the Sultana Disaster
University of Alabama Press
Tells the dramatic story of the infamous Confederate prisoner-of-war camp where 5,000 Union soldiers were interned during the latter part of the Civil War and of the ensuing maritime disaster
- Copyright year: 1990
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
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
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
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
Cahokia's Complexities
Ceremonies and Politics of the First Mississippian Farmers
By Susan M. Alt
University of Alabama Press
Critical new discoveries and archaeological patterns increase understanding of early Mississippian culture and society
- Copyright year: 2018
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
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
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
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
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
Of Such a Nature/Índole
University of Alabama Press
An English translation from one of Latin America’s most distinguished poets.
- Copyright year: 2018
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
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
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
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
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
Bhopal Dance
A Novel
By Jennifer Natalya Fink; Foreword by Mary Caponegro
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
An imaginative, erotic rethinking of Bhopal’s disaster—and perhaps our own
- Copyright year: 2018
Points of Honor
Short Stories of the Great War by a US Combat Marine
University of Alabama Press
A masterwork of World War I short stories portraying the experiences of Marines in battle.
- Copyright year: 2018
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
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
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
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
Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks
Edited by Michele Kennerly and Damien Smith Pfister; Preface by Michele Kennerly and Damien Smith Pfister; Introduction by Michele Kennerly and Damien Smith Pfister
University of Alabama Press
An examination of two seemingly incongruous areas of study: ancient rhetoric and digitally networked communication
- Copyright year: 2018
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
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
Cuarto oscuro
Recuerdos en blanco y negro
By Lila Quintero Weaver; Translated by Karina Elizabeth Vázquez
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
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
To Stand Aside or Stand Alone
Southern Reform Rabbis and the Civil Rights Movement
By P. Allen Krause; Edited by Mark K. Bauman and Stephen Krause; Introduction by P. Allen Krause and Mark K. Bauman
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
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
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
Gender and the Gothic in the Fiction of Edith Wharton
University of Alabama Press
An investigation into Wharton’s extensive use and adaptation of the Gothic in her fiction
- Copyright year: 1995
Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat
Volume 1
University of Alabama Press
A Civil War history classic, now back in print.
- Copyright year: 1991
Borders of Visibility
Haitian Migrant Women and the Dominican Nation-State
University of Alabama Press
An anthropological study of Haitian migrant women’s mobility in the Dominican Republic
- Copyright year: 2018
Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things
University of Alabama Press
Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things is the first book-length collection of essays that explore the vibrant materiality of everyday objects in rhetorical theory, practice, and writing. It examines how things such as food, bicycles, and typewriters can influence history and sociality.
- Copyright year: 2016
Bringing Montessori to America
S. S. McClure, Maria Montessori, and the Campaign to Publicize Montessori Education
By Gerald L. Gutek and Patricia A. Gutek
University of Alabama Press
Tells the little known story of the collaboration and clash between the indomitable educator Maria Montessori and the American publisher S. S. McClure over the launch of Montessori education in the United States
- Copyright year: 2016
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 25
Cross-Cultural Dialogue on the Global Stage
Edited by Becky K. Becker; Introduction by Becky K. Becker
University of Alabama Press
Addresses the ways that theatre both shapes cross-cultural dialogue and is itself, in turn, shaped by those forces.
- Copyright year: 2017
A Movement of the People
The Roots of Environmental Education and Advocacy in Alabama
By Katie Lamar Jackson; Foreword by David Mathews
University of Alabama Press
How a grassroots movement led primarily by women shaped Alabama’s environmental consciousness
- Copyright year: 2017
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