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 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
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