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

University of Alabama Press

A challenge to the prevailing idea that Confederate ironclads were inherently defective

  • Copyright year: 2018
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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
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Constance Baker Motley

One Woman's Fight for Civil Rights and Equal Justice under Law

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.

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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
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Faces of Resistance

Maya Heroes, Power, and Identity

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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