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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Florida Territory in 1844
The Diary of Master Edward Clifford Anderson, USN
University of Alabama Press
Edward Anderson's diary covers his service in Florida Territory from March 16 to December 31, 1844 during the Navy mission in Florida to protect live oak and pine forests on government land from poachers.
- Copyright year: 1977
Everyday Psychokillers
A History for Girls, A Novel
By Lucy Corin
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
Interweaving history, myth, rumor, and news, this first novel explores what it means to grow up as a girl in a culture of girl-killers
- Copyright year: 2004
The Southern Frontier 1670-1732
By Verner Crane; Introduction by Steven C. Hahn
University of Alabama Press
A classic resource on the struggle for dominance in southern North America during the colonial period
- Copyright year: 2004
A History of the Osage People
University of Alabama Press
Louis Burns draws on ancestral oral traditions and research in a broad body of literature to tell the story of the Osage people. He writes clearly and concisely, from the Osage perspective. First published in 1989 and for many years out of print, this revised edition is augmented by a new preface and maps. Because of its masterful compilation and synthesis of the known data, A History of the Osage People continues to be the best reference for information on an important American Indian people.
The Mound-Builders
By Henry Clyde Shetrone; Introduction by Bradley T. Lepper
University of Alabama Press
A classic resource on early knowledge of prehistoric mounds and the peoples who constructed them in the eastern United States
- Copyright year: 2004
Secessionist Impulse
Alabama and Mississippi in 1860
Introduction by William L. Barney; By William L. Barney
University of Alabama Press
The classic study of the cultural and economic politics that allowed "fire-eaters" to triumph over Unionists in the Deep South
- Copyright year: 2003
Inside Alabama
A Personal History of My State
University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books
An affectionate, irreverent, candid look at the "Heart of Dixie"
- Copyright year: 2003
The Obligation Toward the Difficult Whole
Postmodernist Long Poems
By Brian McHale
University of Alabama Press
A smart, eclectic analysis of nine long poems written by postmodernist poets
The Louisiana and Arkansas Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore
University of Alabama Press
The ninth and final volume in the C.B. Moore reprint series that covers archaeological discoveries along North American Waterways.
- Copyright year: 2004
Catawba Indian Pottery
The Survival of a Folk Tradition
By Thomas John Blumer; Foreword by William L. Harris
University of Alabama Press
Traces the craft of pottery making among the Catawba Indians of North Carolina from the late 18th century to the present
- Copyright year: 2004
Florida Place-Names of Indian Origin and Seminole Personal Names
By William A. Read; Introduction by Patricia Riles Wickman
University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books
A compendium of Indian-derived names from the three languages of the Muskhogean family—Seminole, Hitchiti, and Choctaw
- Copyright year: 2003
Splendid Land, Splendid People
The Chickasaw Indians to Removal
University of Alabama Press
A thorough examination of the Chickasaw Indians, tracing their history as far back as the documentation and archeological record will allow
- Copyright year: 2003
The Sephardic Jews of Bordeaux
Assimilation and Emancipation in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France
University of Alabama Press
Sephardim of Bordeaux—the first in Europe to be recognized as a Jewish community
- Copyright year: 1978
U.S. Coast Survey vs. Naval Hydrographic Office
A 19th-Century Rivalry in Science and Politics
University of Alabama Press
Examines a crucial phase of the relations of science and politics in the post-Civil War period
- Copyright year: 1988
Nahum Goldman
His Missions to the Gentile
University of Alabama Press
The first exploration of Nahum Goldmann and his extraordinary life
- Copyright year: 1980
William Alexander Lord Stirling
George Washington's Noble General
University of Alabama Press
The biographical account of a man who served 18th-century American society as a prominent citizen in peacetime and as a soldier in the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution
- Copyright year: 1987
John Horry Dent
South Carolina Aristocrat On Alabama Frontier
By Ray Mathis
University of Alabama Press
Explores the world of this wealthy planter and landholder
- Copyright year: 1979
Bullets, Ballots, and Rhetoric
Confederate States Policy for the United States Presidential Contest
University of Alabama Press
A fascinating study of Confederate perceptions of and attempts to manipulate the 1864 US presidential election
Two Years on the Alabama
University of Alabama Press
Arthur Sinclair's account of the career and final death of the Alabama rank among the most compelling and enduring accounts of hte Confederacy's brave, ingenious and ultimately doomed sea effort.
Archaeological Survey in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, 1940–1947
University of Alabama Press
Documents prehistoric human occupation along the lower reaches of the Mississippi River
- Copyright year: 2003
Cherokee Women In Crisis
Trail of Tears, Civil War, and Allotment, 1838-1907
University of Alabama Press
Explains how traditional Cherokee women’s roles were destabilized, modified, recovered, and in some ways strengthened during three periods of great turmoil
- Copyright year: 2003
All-Time Greatest Alabama Sports Stories
University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books
Highlights the finest moments of Alabama players—on the court, on the field, and on the course
- Copyright year: 2003
Dahlia's Iris
Secret Autobiography and Fiction
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
A futuristic detective novel written in the tradition of an ancient Tibetan form.
- Copyright year: 2003
Talladega College
The First Century
By Maxine D. Jones and Joe M. Richardson
University of Alabama Press
An early history of Talladega College
Sources of Division in the Disciples of Christ, 1865-1900
A Social History of the Disciples of Christ, Volume 2
University of Alabama Press
The definitive social history of the Disciples of Christ in the 19th century
- Copyright year: 2003
Rediscovering The Past at Mexico's Periphery
Essays on the History of Modern Yucatan
University of Alabama Press
Surveys major trends in Yucatán’s currents in Mexican historiography, and suggest new departures for regional and local-level research
Red Virgin
Memoirs Of Louise Michel
By Louise Michel; Edited by Bullitt Lowry and Elizabeth Gunter; Translated by Elizabeth Gunter and Bullitt Lowry
University of Alabama Press
The Red Virgin: Memoirs of Louise Michel will be useful to both scholars and students of 19th-century French history and women’s studies.
- Copyright year: 1981
Quest for a Christian America, 1800–1865
A Social History of the Disciples of Christ, Volume 1
University of Alabama Press
The definitive social history of the Disciples of Christ in the 19th century
- Copyright year: 2003
Labor Revolt In Alabama
The Great Strike of 1894
University of Alabama Press
The gripping story of the 1894 Alabama coal miners strike
- Copyright year: 1965
Kolomoki
Settlement, Ceremony, and Status in the Deep South, A.D. 350 to 750
University of Alabama Press
- Copyright year: 2003
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