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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On Wide Seas
The US Navy in the Jacksonian Era
University of Alabama Press
A meticulously researched account of how the US Navy evolved between the War of 1812 and the Civil War
- Copyright year: 2022
Eugene O'Neill Remembered
Edited by Brenda Murphy and George Monteiro
University of Alabama Press
Eugene O'Neill Remembered is a collection of reminiscences by O'Neill's contemporaries, friends, and family that illuminate the life of one of America's most significant playwrights.
- Copyright year: 2017
Desert Rose
The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King
By Edythe Scott Bagley; Afterword by Bernice King
University of Alabama Press
Details Coretta Scott King's upbringing in a family of proud, land-owning African Americans with a profound devotion to the ideals of social equality and the values of education
- Copyright year: 2012
Deep South Dynasty
The Bankheads of Alabama
University of Alabama Press
The sweeping story of an ambitious and once-powerful southern family
- Copyright year: 2022
Detroit Remains
Archaeology and Community Histories of Six Legendary Places
University of Alabama Press
An archaeologically grounded history of six legendary places in Detroit
- Copyright year: 2022
American Examples
New Conversations about Religion, Volume One
Edited by Michael J. Altman
University of Alabama Press
Fresh new perspectives on the study of religion, ranging from a church-architecture mecca of Southeast Indiana to what an atheist parent believes
- Copyright year: 2022
The Mark of Rebels
Indios Fronterizos and Mexican Independence
University of Alabama Press
Explores social and cultural transformations among the indigenous communities of western Mexico, especially the indios fronterizos (Frontier Indians), preceding and during the struggle for independence
Suburban Dreams
Imagining and Building the Good Life
University of Alabama Press
Explores how the suburban imaginary, composed of the built environment and imaginative texts, functions as a resource for living out the “good life”
Genius Belabored
Childbed Fever and the Tragic Life of Ignaz Semmelweis
University of Alabama Press
The fascinating story of Ignaz Semmelweis, a nineteenth-century obstetrician ostracized for his strident advocacy of disinfection as a way to prevent childbed fever
The Species Maker
A Novel
University of Alabama Press
A historical novel about the role of science in modern life, set against the backdrop of the 1925 Scopes Trial
- Copyright year: 2021
In the Blood of Our Brothers
Abolitionism and the End of the Slave Trade in Spain's Atlantic Empire, 1800–1870
University of Alabama Press
Details the abolition of the slave trade in the Atlantic World to the 1860s
- Copyright year: 2021
Ye That Are Men Now Serve Him
Radical Holiness Theology and Gender in the South
University of Alabama Press
Examines how religious belief reshaped concepts of gender during the New South period that took place from 1877 to 1915 in ways that continue to manifest today
The Rebel Yell
A Cultural History
University of Alabama Press
The first comprehensive history of the fabled Confederate battle cry from its origins and myths through its use in American popular culture
Far East, Down South
Asians in the American South
Edited by Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant, and Chizuru Saeki; Introduction by David M Reimers; Preface by Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant, and Chizuru Saeki
University of Alabama Press
Offers a collection of ten insightful essays that illuminate the little-known history and increasing presence of Asian immigrants in the American southeast
- Copyright year: 2016
Writing Habits
Historicism, Philosophy, and English Benedictine Convents, 1600–1800
University of Alabama Press
The first in-depth examination of the texts produced in English Benedictine convents between 1600 and 1800
- Copyright year: 2021
Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey
Commemorative Edition
University of Alabama Press
A deluxe, commemorative edition of famed southern author and folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham’s introduction to the Volunteer State’s most enduring ghost stories
Thirteen Mississippi Ghosts and Jeffrey
Commemorative Edition
University of Alabama Press
A deluxe, commemorative edition of famed southern author and folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham’s introduction to Mississippi’s thirteen most famous haunted houses and ghostly visitations
Jeffrey's Latest Thirteen
More Alabama Ghosts, Commemorative Edition
University of Alabama Press
A deluxe, commemorative edition of a beloved collection of ghostly stories from famed southern author and folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham’s home state of Alabama
- Copyright year: 2016
Jeffrey Introduces Thirteen More Southern Ghosts
Commemorative Edition
University of Alabama Press
A commemorative facsimile edition of the beloved and best-selling second book in famed national folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham’s southern ghosts series
- Copyright year: 2015
A Strong and Steady Pulse
Stories from a Cardiologist
University of Alabama Press
A seasoned cardiologist shares his experiences, opinions, and recommendations about heart disease and other cardiac problems
- Copyright year: 2021
Tiger Beetles of the Southeastern United States
A Field Guide
University of Alabama Press
Combines current data and taxonomic classifications for tiger beetles in the Southeast with stunning close-up photographs, flight season charts, and distribution maps
- Copyright year: 2021
Messiahs
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
A fiercely ecstatic tale of betrayal and self-sacrifice
- Copyright year: 2021
Meaningful Work
Stories
By JoAnna Novak
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
Winner of FC2’s Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize
A stunning look at the labor of obsession and the industry of self-destruction
A stunning look at the labor of obsession and the industry of self-destruction
- Copyright year: 2021
By the Time You Read This
Stories
By Yannick Murphy; Foreword by Renee Gladman
University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2
A gathering of luminescent stories that illustrates how fraught and contingent the simplest of lives can be, and the often unexpected means available to each of us for our own salvation
- Copyright year: 2021
Orphic Bend
Music and Innovative Poetics
University of Alabama Press
Restages fundamental debates about the relationship between poetry and music
- Copyright year: 2021
Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials
How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917–1945
University of Alabama Press
Investigates the groundbreaking role American women played in commemorating those who served and sacrificed in World War I.
- Copyright year: 2021
Corporal Rhetoric
Regulating Reproduction in the Progressive Era
University of Alabama Press
Examines public discourse from the Progressive Era over the state’s right to regulate women’s bodies and their reproduction
- Copyright year: 2021
Rock Art in an Indigenous Landscape
From Atlantic Canada to Chesapeake Bay
By Edward J. Lenik and Nancy L. Gibbs
University of Alabama Press
Examines a host of rock art sites from Nova Scotia to Maryland
- Copyright year: 2021
Building Back Better in India
Development, NGOs, and Artisanal Fishers after the 2004 Tsunami
By Raja Swamy
University of Alabama Press
Critically examines the role of humanitarian aid and disaster reconstruction
- Copyright year: 2021
Heritage and Hate
Old South Rhetoric at Southern Universities
University of Alabama Press
How southern universities continue to wrestle with the words and symbols that embody and perpetuate Old South traditions
- Copyright year: 2021
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