University Alabama Press imprint: 831 books
An American Rabbi in Korea
A Chaplain's Journey in the Forgotten War
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
A firsthand account of the American Jewish experience on the frontlines
During the height of the Korean conflict, 1950-51, Orthodox Jewish chaplain Milton J. Rosen wrote 19 feature-length articles for Der Morgen Zhornal, a Yiddish daily in New York, documenting his wartime experiences as well...
Beyond the Blockade
New Currents in Cuban Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2010
This innovative volume builds on dialogues opened in recent years between Cuban archaeologists, whose work has long been carried out behind closed doors, and their international colleagues. The chapters included herein span a wide range of subjects across the full chronological spectrum. Most...
by Robert T. Hubard
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
A witness who brings remarkable life and color to the Civil War in the East.
Robert Hubard was an enlisted man and officer of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia (CSA) from 1861 through 1865. He wrote his memoir during an extended convalescence...
Attack and Die
Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
“In the first twenty-seven months of combat 175,000 Southern soldiers died. This number was more than the entire Confederate military force in the summer of 1861, and it far exceeded the strength of any army that Lee ever commanded. More than 80,000 Southerners fell in just five battles. At Gettysburg...
The Deadly Politics of Giving
Exchange and Violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2006
A clash of cultures on the North American continent.
With a focus on indigenous cultural systems and agency theory, this volume analyzes Contact Period relations between North American Middle Atlantic Algonquian Indians and the Spanish Jesuits at Ajacan (1570–72) and English settlers...
by Henry Shetrone
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
A classic resource on early knowledge of prehistoric mounds and the peoples who constructed them in the eastern United States.
With this accessible volume, Henry Clyde Shetrone made available to general readers the archaeological research data and...
by Nicholas Culpeper, Michael A. Flannery
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The first medical book published in the American colonies.
The English Physician is a humble vest-pocket-sized 94-page medical guide for the common person, by the prolific herbalist and author Nicholas Culpeper. It was a staple in 17th-century England, as it was short, written in accessible...
Forging Southeastern Identities
Social Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Folklore of the Mississippian to Early Historic South
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Forging Southeastern Identities: Social Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Mississippian to Early Historic South, a groundbreaking collection of ten essays, covers a broad expanse of time—from the ninth to the nineteenth centuries—and focuses on a common theme of identity. These essays represent...
The Westo Indians
Slave Traders of the Early Colonial South
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
A comprehensive study that rescues the Westo from obscurity.
The Westo Indians, who lived in the Savannah River region during the second half of the 17th century, are mentioned in few primary documents and only infrequently in secondary literature. There are no known Westo archaeological sites;...
Looking for Lost Lore
Studies in Folklore, Ethnology, and Iconography
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
All students of the past bump into what seem to be impenetrable walls and are left looking longingly beyond the barrier for the lore that seems hopelessly lost. This book is an argument that all that information is not necessarily lost. It may just need a different approach–perhaps multidisciplinary,...
Shovel Ready
Archaeology and Roosevelt's New Deal for America
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
Shovel Ready provides a comprehensive lens through which to view the New Deal period, a fascinating and prolific time in American archaeology.
In this collection of diverse essays united by a common theme, Bernard K. Means and his contributors deliver a valuable research tool for...
Crossing the Deadly Ground
United States Army Tactics, 1865-1899
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army. The most fundamental problem was the dominance of the tactical defensive, when defenders protected by fieldworks could deliver deadly fire from rifles and artillery...
The Klan Unmasked
With a New Introduction by David Pilgrim and a New Author's Note
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Stetson Kennedy’s infiltration and exposure of the KKK.
Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat
Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
A Civil War history classic, now back in print.
Braxton Bragg and Confederate Defeat, Volume I, examines General Braxton Bragg’s military prowess beginning with his enlistment in the Confederate Army in 1862 to the spring of 1863. First published in 1969, this is the first of two volumes...