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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A War of Words

The Rhetorical Leadership of Jefferson Davis

University of Alabama Press

A rhetorical analysis of Jefferson Davis’s public discourse

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Tuscaloosa

200 Years in the Making

University of Alabama Press

A lavishly illustrated history of this distinctive city’s origins as a settlement on the banks of the Black Warrior River to its development into a thriving nexus of higher education, sports, and culture

  • Copyright year: 2019
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The Saints of Progress

A History of Coffee, Migration, and Costa Rican National Identity

University of Alabama Press

A reshaping of traditional understandings of Costa Rica and its national identity

  • Copyright year: 2019
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A Field on Fire

The Future of Environmental History

University of Alabama Press

A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental history

  • Copyright year: 2019
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A Great Fear

Luís de Onís and the Shadow War against Napoleon in Spanish America, 1808–1812

University of Alabama Press

An exploration of the Spanish colonial reaction to the threat of Napoleonic subversion

  • Copyright year: 2019
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Theatre History Studies 2018, Vol. 37

Edited by Sara Freeman; Introduction by Sara Freeman
University of Alabama Press

Theatre History Studies (THS) is a peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-America Theatre Conference

  • Copyright year: 2018
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Speaking of Alabama

The History, Diversity, Function, and Change of Language

Edited by Thomas E. Nunnally; Foreword by Walt Wolfram; Afterword by Michael B Montgomery
University of Alabama Press

Informative and entertaining essays on the accents, dialects, and speech patterns particular to Alabama

  • Copyright year: 2019
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Doc

The Story of a Birmingham Jazz Man

University of Alabama Press

Autobiography of jazz elder statesman Frank “Doc” Adams, highlighting his role in Birmingham, Alabama’s, historic jazz scene and tracing his personal adventure that parallels, in many ways, the story and spirit of jazz itself.

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The Foreign and Domestic Dimensions of Modern Warfare

Vietnam, Central America, and Nuclear Strategy

University of Alabama Press

An exploration of the nuclear arms race and the dangers arising with the advent of “limited warfare

  • Copyright year: 1988
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Friendship Fictions

The Rhetoric of Citizenship in the Liberal Imaginary

University of Alabama Press

Friendship serves as a metaphor for citizenship and mirrors the individual’s participation in civic life. Friendship Fictions unravels key implications of this metaphor and demonstrates how it can transform liberal culture into a more just and democratic way of life.

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