Industrialization in the postbellum u. S. , and the cultural history of Petroleum Use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about American Environmental ethics and precedents. He has examined industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and landuse planning on the modern environmental movement. Professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. This evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th centurys use of Energy Sources including petroleum, and the fuels enduring impact on our environment and climate today. Give a warm welcome to professor brian black. [applause] professor black thanks ,everyone. Thanks, everyone. Thank you for being hardcore audience to come out on an evening like this. Thank you, kamil, and everyone for putting together this program. I truly am impressed on a number of levels and i have not been to this facility, so i am impressed at that. I was part of a confere
industrialization, and the cultural history of petroleum use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about american environmental ethics and preferences. he has examined industrial america s grammatical dramatic shift in industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and land-use planning on the modern environmental movement. professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. this evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th century s use of energy sources, including petroleum, and the fuel s enduring impact on our environment and climate today. give a warm welcome to professor brian black. [applause] prof. black: thanks everyone. thank you for being hard-core , a hard-core audience to come out on an evening like this. thank you, kamil, and everyone for putting together this program. i truly am impressed by the on a number of levels, and i happened been to this facility, so
announcer: next, history and environmental studies professor brian black tells us how world war i led to a dramatic worldwide increase in the use of fossil fuels, especially petroleum. professor black also discusses the experiences of a young u.s. army colonel named dwight eisenhower during a 1919 cross-country motor convoy, and how it influenced his later support for a national highway system. national world war i museum and memorial cohosted the event with the linda hall library and the dwight s di presidential library museum and boyhood home. brian black is one of the faculty who spearheaded the creation of an environmental studies major at penn state altoona where he currently serves as the head of the arts and humanities division. emphasizes on the landscape and environmental history of north america, particularly in relation to the application and use of technology. used the book pennsylvania oil boom of the of rapid a case study industrialization, and the cultural hi
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