Research Summary
Landscape and environmental history of North America, particularly in relation to the application and use of technology; cultural history of petroleum use in the 20th century related to environmental ethics; impact of modernism and land-use planning on the modern environmental movement.
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Recent Publications
Energy in Pennsylvania history
Black, B. C., Greene, A. N. & Ladson, M., Oct 2015, In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 139, 3, p. 249-264 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Introduction
Black, B. C. & Rilling, D. J., Oct 2015, In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 139, 3, p. 247-248 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
The legacy of extraction: Reading patterns and ethics in Pennsylvania's landscape of energy
Black, B. & Ladson, M., Sep 2012, In: Pennsylvania history. 79, 4, p. 377-394 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
The nature of preservation: The rise of authenticity at Gettysburg
Black, B., Sep 2012, In: Civil War History. 58, 3, p. 348-373 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
ON BP'S deepwater horizon live video feed
Black, B., Oct 2010, In: Environmental History. 15, 4, p. 741-745 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gallery
Maher, N. M. & Black, B., Jul 2009, In: Environmental History. 14, 3, p. 551-558 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Organic planning: The intersection of nature and economic planning in the early Tennessee Valley Authority
Black, B., Apr 1 2002, In: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. 4, 2, p. 157-168 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Construction sites: Environment, region, and technology in historical stories
Black, B. C., Apr 1 1999, In: Technology and Culture. 40, 2, p. 375-387 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Oil creek as industrial apparatus: re-creating the industrial process through the landscape of Pennsylvania's oil boom
Black, B., Apr 1998, In: Environmental History. 3, 2, p. 210-229 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review