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
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