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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Spirit Wind

University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books

A coming-of-age story set in the isolated, murky swamps of Louisiana.

  • Copyright year: 2009
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Winged Defense

The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power--Economic and Military

University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books

This book is the basis for airpower doctrine in the US, and demonstrates  how forward looking Gen Mitchell was even though the technology for conducting air operations was in its infancy  when it was written.  It is essential reading for anyone concerned with airpower history or aerospace doctrine.

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Red Against Blue

The Liberal Party in Colombian Politics, 1863 - 1899

University of Alabama Press

An overview of the early political history of Colombia through an examination of the Liberal party from 1863 to 1899, its role in the Colombian poltical system, and its evolution during that time.

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Fields of Vision

Essays on the Travels of William Bartram

University of Alabama Press

A classic work of history, ethnography, and botany, and an examination of the life and environs of the 18th-century south

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Through the Open Door

University of Alabama Press

"This slender, unpretentious, and well-written book is consistently insightful: it deserves the attention of all who find themselves drawn to Lewis the writer and to Lewis the man."—Modern Fiction Studies

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Edward Palmer's Arkansaw Mounds

Edited by Marvin D. Jeter; Preface by Marvin D. Jeter
University of Alabama Press

During the 1880s a massive scientific effort was launched by the Smithsonian Institution to discover who had built the prehistoric burial mounds found throughout the United States. Arkansaw Mounds tells the story of this exploration and of Edward Palmer, one of the nineteenth century’s greatest natural historians and archaeologists, who was recruited to lead the research project.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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The Luna Papers, 1559–1561

Volumes 1 & 2

Edited by Herbert Ingram Priestley; Introduction by Herbert Ingram Priestley; Foreword by John E. Worth
University of Alabama Press

Marks the celebration by the modern city of Pensacola, Florida, of the 450th anniversary of Luna’s fateful colony

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Humane Development

Participation and Change Among the Sadama of Ethiopia

University of Alabama Press

Seeks to show that the Sadama are a people quite adaptable to change on their own terms

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Tibes

People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos

University of Alabama Press

The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico

  • Copyright year: 2009
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To Save My Race from Abuse

The Life of Samuel Robert Cassius

University of Alabama Press

The story of a fascinating and important figure in black American religious history

  • Copyright year: 2009
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