The University of Alabama Press publishes Latin American and Caribbean books in the fields of history, anthropology, culture, political science, and more. The current program privileges progressive topics that critique and illuminate in areas such as the African diaspora, slavery, gender, human rights, Indigenous rights and resistance, cultural expression, the environment, and US involvement in the regions.
The Fabric of Resistance
Textile Workshops and the Rise of Rebellious Landscapes in Colonial Peru
Authors: Di Hu
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Sowing the Forest
A Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes
Authors: William Balée 246 Pages, 6
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Civil Becomings
Civil Becomings Performative Politics in the Amazon and the Mediterranean
Authors: Raúl Acosta
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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
Authors: Jesús Sanjurjo
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Bartolomé de las Casas and the Defense of Amerindian Rights
A Brief History with Documents
Authors: Edited by Lawrence A. Clayton and David M. Lantigua
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Hiding in Plain Sight
Black Women, the Law, and the Making of a White Argentine Republic
Authors: Erika Denise Edwards
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The Power of Their Will
Slaveholding Women in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
Authors: Teresa Prados-Torreira
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Pentecostalism in Urban Oaxaca
Healing Patriarchy, Marriage, and Mexico
Authors: Michelle Ramirez
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From Temporary Migrants to Permanent Attractions
Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Afro-Antillean Identities in Panama
Authors: Carla Guerrón Montero
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Tell Mother I'm in Paradise
Memoirs of a Political Prisoner in El Salvador
Authors: Ana Margarita Gasteazoro, Edited by Judy Blankenship and Andrew Wilson
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