Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, was a recent guest on NPR’s financial program “Marketplace.” The episode marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the supply disruption known as the 1970s oil crisis.
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March 6, 2024
ALTOONA, Pa. — Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, recently served as the invited commentator for a seminar at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.
Black offered commentary on a paper presented by Katheryn Viens titled “Farm, Factory, & Mine: Worcester Coal & the Role of Extractive Industries in Early 19th-Century New England.”
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