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
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Eugene O'Neill Remembered

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
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Desert Rose

The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott 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
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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
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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
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American Examples

New Conversations about Religion, Volume One

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
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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

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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”

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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

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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
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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
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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

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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

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Far East, Down South

Asians in the American South

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
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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
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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

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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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Messiahs

University of Alabama Press, Fiction Collective 2

A fiercely ecstatic tale of betrayal and self-sacrifice
 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Meaningful Work

Stories

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

 

  • Copyright year: 2021
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By the Time You Read This

Stories

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
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Orphic Bend

Music and Innovative Poetics

University of Alabama Press

Restages fundamental debates about the relationship between poetry and music

  • Copyright year: 2021
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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
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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
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Rock Art in an Indigenous Landscape

From Atlantic Canada to Chesapeake Bay

University of Alabama Press

Examines a host of rock art sites from Nova Scotia to Maryland

  • Copyright year: 2021
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Building Back Better in India

Development, NGOs, and Artisanal Fishers after the 2004 Tsunami

University of Alabama Press

Critically examines the role of humanitarian aid and disaster reconstruction

  • Copyright year: 2021
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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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