Unrestricted by borders, technology, or discipline, the Energy and Society book series provides a space for the unfettered expansion of the discourse on the human relationship with energy: from the processes of developing fuels to the policies governing them; from the consumers who require energy to the governments that administer and seek it; and from the very way we define the idea of energy to promising frontiers of the future. Books in the series may be organized as specific case studies; however, each will strive to confront larger issues and concepts in the complex, ongoing relationship between energy and society.

Feeding off the development of the environmental humanities and the recognition of the Anthropocene epoch in Earth’s history, the editor and editorial board seek book-length manuscripts that cross national borders as well as boundaries of our understanding of energy in human life. These manuscripts can include more traditional histories of business, politics, policy, environment, labor, technology, diplomacy, and culture, but the series editorial team also encourages submission of work engaged with philosophy, the arts, and the social sciences. 

Series Editor:

Brian Black is a professor in the departments of history and environmental studies at Penn State University, Altoona. He is the author of Declaring our Dependence: The Ecology of Petroleum in Twentieth Century American Life,  Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History and Petrolia: The Landscape of America’s First Oil Boom. Black has edited a number of collections and reference works, including Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History. 

Editorial Advisory Board:

Ann Greene, University of Pennsylvania
Amy Hessl, West Virginia University
Robert Johnson, National University of San Diego
Robert D. Lifset, University of Oklahoma
Martin Melosi, University of Houston
David Nye, University of Southern Denmark 
Martin J. Pasqualetti, Arizona State University
Karen Pinkus, Cornell University
Ruth Sandwell, University of Toronto
Myrna Santiago, St Mary’s College, California
Peter Shulman, Case Western Reserve
Imre Szeman, University of Alberta

For more information:

Authors interested in submitting proposals for consideration should contact Brian Black at bcb4@psu.edu or Marguerite Avery at marguerite.avery@mail.wvu.edu.