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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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
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