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Paperback. By the 14th century more than a dozen accretional burial mounds - reaching heights of 12 to 15 feet - marked the floodplains of interior Virginia. This study uses what remains of the mounds - excavated from the 1890s to the 1980s - to gain a new understanding of the Monacans. Num Pages: 160 pages, b/w figs, tbs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3H; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351441
- ISBN
- 9780817351441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.94
€ 41.94
Paperback. This work comprises two articles that appeared in the 1904 and 1906 volumes of Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society - "Life of Apushimataha", in which Gideon Lincecum tells the story of Choctaw chief Pushmataha, a warrior born in 1764, and "Choctaw Traditions about Their Settlement in Mississippi and the Origin of Their Mounds". Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; BGH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351151
- ISBN
- 9780817351151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Paperback. A companion ? Indian Place Names in Alabama?, this long out-of-print guide offers a new introduction from Patricia Wickman in which she provides current understandings of Seminole language and derivations and a brief analysis of Read's contribution to the preservation of the Native linguistic record. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; GBGP; HBTB; HBTG; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 101
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350710
- ISBN
- 9780817350710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.29
€ 17.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. A comprehensive history of the Chickasaw tribe, whose territory, before they were removed to lands in Oklahoma in the 1800s, was located east of the Mississippi river. The author traces their history as far back as documentation and archaeology allow and historicizes from a native viewpoint. Num Pages: 456 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350338
- ISBN
- 9780817350338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.18
€ 49.18
Paperback. An analysis of the sustaining vitality behind contemporary American poetry from 1975 to the 2003, these 12 essays examine both exemplary innovators and the social context in which innovation is resisted, acclaimed, or taken for granted. Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350307
- ISBN
- 9780817350307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.05
€ 38.05
Paperback. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, many men in Alabama enthusiastically enlisted. After all these family breadwinners marched off to duty, the number of indigent families in the state rose dramatically. This book argues that Confederate soldiers left their posts due to poverty at home. Series: Library of Alabama Classics Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350109
- ISBN
- 9780817350109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.27
€ 37.27
Paperback. This is a historical narrative of the genealogy, traditions and downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian tribe of Indians by one of the tribe, George Stiggins 1788-1845. It describes the various tribes - the Alabamas, Natchez, Abekas, and Uchees and traces the events leading to the Creek War. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817350017
- ISBN
- 9780817350017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Hardback. A collection of essays about the body: the author's own body, female and Jewish; those of her parents, the bodies she came from; and the collective body, with all its historical, social, and political implications. What, she asks, does this whole mess of bones, muscles, organs, and soul mean? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DNF; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226105277
- ISBN
- 9780226105277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Visions of the Black Belt: A Cultural Survey of the Heart of Alabama
McDonald, Robin, Burnes Ph.D., Dr. Valerie Po...
Hardcover. "Visions of the Black Belt" offers a rich cultural overview of the emblematic core of Alabama known for its prairie soils, plantation manors, civil rights history, gothic churches, traditional foodways, and resilient and gracious people. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; AGN; AJC; AM; HBJK; TNKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 279 x 30. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318796
- ISBN
- 9780817318796
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.39
€ 44.39
The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash: J. Edgar Hoover and ...
Waters, Robert Alvin, Waters, Zack C.
Hardcover. Informed by thousands of pages of newly released FBI files, "The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash" tells the gripping story of the only crime investigated by J. Edgar Hoover himself, the sensational 1938 murder of a five-year-old boy from the Florida Everglades. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; BTC; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817318222
- ISBN
- 9780817318222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.45
€ 31.99
€ 27.45
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study of Katherine Anne Porter s troubled relationship to her Texas origins and southern roots, " South by Southwest" offers a fresh look at this ever-relevant author." Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317829
- ISBN
- 9780817317829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
Hardcover. "Bluejackets in the Blubber Room" explores key events in US maritime history from the 1820s to the end of the Civil War through the biography of the sailing ship William Badger. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317799
- ISBN
- 9780817317799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
Hardcover. Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4"Hearing the Hurt "is an examination of how the New Negro movement, also known as the Harlem Renaissance, provoked and sustained public discourse and deliberation about black culture and identity in the early twentieth century." Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317669
- ISBN
- 9780817317669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.38
€ 48.38
Hardcover. "Chapter 3 is a revised version of an essay that first appeared in The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review 7 (2009)."-- T.p. verso. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317614
- ISBN
- 9780817317614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50
Hardcover. Wayne Flynt tells the story of his life and his courageous battles against an indifferent or hostile power structure with modesty but always with honesty. In doing so he tells us the story of how Alabama institutions really are manipulated, and why we should care. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 877.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317546
- ISBN
- 9780817317546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.32
€ 36.99
€ 33.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBCR; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317447
- ISBN
- 9780817317447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.12
€ 114.12
Hardcover. "Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity, "by Michael Butterworth, is an investigation into the culture and mythology of baseball, a study of its limits and failures, and an invitation to remake the game in a more democratic way. It pays special attention to baseball s role in the reconstruction of American identity after September 11, 2001." Series Editor(s): Lucaites, John Louis. Series: Rhetoric, Culture & Social Critique. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; WSJT. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817317102
- ISBN
- 9780817317102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.64
€ 53.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 159 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316839
- ISBN
- 9780817316839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.00
€ 41.00
Hardcover. Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the US government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGA; HBT; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316747
- ISBN
- 9780817316747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.10
€ 41.99
€ 35.10
Hardcover. Examines the manner in which pottery traits cross-cut taxonomic types, tests the proposition that communities of practice existed at several scales, and questions the fundamental notion of ceramic types as ethnic markers. This study intends to interpret the meaning of pottery as an indicator of social activity on the North Carolina coast. Num Pages: 352 pages, 68 illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; AFP; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316389
- ISBN
- 9780817316389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.66
€ 48.66
Hardcover. A portrait of Alabama rivers. From their primal seepages in the Appalachian highlands or along the broad Chunnenuggee Hills, Alabama's rivers carve through the rocky uplands and down the Fall Line rapids, then ease across the coastal plain to their eventual confluence with the Gulf of Mexico. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; AJ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 279 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316303
- ISBN
- 9780817316303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.96
€ 41.99
€ 40.96
Hardcover. Under Richard Arrington's leadership, Birmingham rebuilt itself from a foundering, steel-driven industrial center to one of the most diversified metropolitan areas in the Southeast, with an economy fueled by health care, biomedical research, engineering, telecommunications, and banking. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; BM; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316235
- ISBN
- 9780817316235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.50
€ 59.50
Hardcover. Consists of a biographical essay on Henry Hotze; his contributions to Mobile newspapers during his military service in 1861; his correspondence with Confederate officials during his service in London; articles he published in London to influence British and European opinion; and his correspondence with, and published work in support of, Gobineau. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316204
- ISBN
- 9780817316204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.46
€ 48.46
Hardcover. Presents the story of growth of a relatively small school to an internationally known and respected university. This title offers the history of Auburn University's President's Home from its construction as a WPA project on 'Ag Hill' in 1938 to the author's tenure as the University's first lady from early 2004 until the summer of 2007. Num Pages: 184 pages, 93 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817316174
- ISBN
- 9780817316174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.14
€ 31.99
€ 30.14