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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Biocultural Histories in La Florida
A Bioarchaeological Perspective
University of Alabama Press
Examines the effects of the Spanish mission system on population structure and genetic variability in indigenous communities living in northern Florida and southern Georgia during the 16th and 17th centuries
- Copyright year: 2005
Love and Duty
Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family
University of Alabama Press
The intricate personal relationships of a notable Alabama family
- Copyright year: 2005
General Characteristics of the Germanic Languages
By Antoine Meillet; Translated by William P. Dismukes
University of Alabama Press
Antoine Meillet (1866–1936) is one of the most important linguists of all time
The Privations of a Private
Campaigning with the First Tennessee, C.S.A., and Life Thereafter
By Marcus B. Toney; Edited by Robert E. Hunt
University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books
A revealing and important Civil War memoir.
- Copyright year: 2005
Prophet, Pastor, and Patriarch
The Rhetorical Leadership of Alexander Campbell
University of Alabama Press
A study of the role of rhetoric in the exercise of leadership within a community of faith.
- Copyright year: 2005
Conscience and Purpose
Fiction and Social Consciousness in Howells, Jewett, Chesnutt, and Cather
University of Alabama Press
Explores literature's social mission at the turn of the century as defined by William Dean Howells and practiced by him and others.
Societies in Eclipse
Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands Indians, A.D. 1400-1700
University of Alabama Press
Combines recent research with insights from anthropology, historiography, and oral tradition to examine the cultural landscape preceding and immediately following the arrival of Europeans
Until Justice Rolls Down
The Birmingham Church Bombing Case
By Frank Sikora
University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books
Frank Sikora has used the court records, FBI reports, oral interviews, and newspaper accounts to weave a story of spellbinding proportions. A reporter by profession, Sikora tells this story compellingly, explaining why the civil rights movement had to be successful and how Birmingham had to change
- Copyright year: 2005
Blacks and the Populist Movement
Ballots and Bigotry in the New South
University of Alabama Press
- Copyright year: 2005
Archaeology at Shiloh Indian Mounds, 1899-1999
University of Alabama Press
One hundred years of archaeological excavations at an important American landmark, the Shiloh Indian Mounds archaeological site, a National Historic Landmark
Alabama Baptists
Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie
By Wayne Flynt
University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books
The definitive history of the dominant religious group within the state during the last two centuries
Woodland Period Systematics in the Middle Ohio Valley
Edited by Darlene Applegate and Robert C. Mainfort
University of Alabama Press
This collection provides a comprehensive vocabulary for defining the cultural manifestation of the term “Woodland”
- Copyright year: 2005
Transatlantic Scots
Edited by Celeste Ray; Foreword by James Hunter
University of Alabama Press
Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritage
Stop the Presses (So I Can Get Off)
Tales from Forty Years of Sports Writing
By Clyde Bolton
University of Alabama Press, Fire Ant Books
A Poetics of Impasse in Modern and Contemporary American Poetry
University of Alabama Press
A noted critic addresses the problem of silence in contemporary experimental poetry
- Copyright year: 2005
What Begins with Bird
Fictions
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
What Begins with Bird, by Noy Holland, is both an investigation of family relationships and a sophisticated study of language and rhythm.
Public Works
Short Fiction and a Novella
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
The short fictions collected in Public Works explore the extremes of human nature and literary technique.
- Copyright year: 2005
Michael Martone
Fictions
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
A giddy exploration of the parts of books nobody ever reads
La Florida del Inca and the Struggle for Social Equality in Colonial Spanish America
University of Alabama Press
A cross-disciplinary view of an important De Soto chronicle.
- Copyright year: 2005