Black, Brian C. Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD (2000). 248 pages. Released in paperback Fall 2003.

Black, Brian C. Nature in Everyday American Life: 19th century. Greenwood Publishers, 2006. 220 pages (reference book for library use).

Black, Brian C. Nature in Everyday American Life: 20th century. Greenwood Publishers, 2006. 240 pages (reference book for library use).

Black, Brian C. and Donna Lybecker. Great Debates in Environmental History and Policy. Greenwood Publishers, 2008. 700 pages (reference book for library use).

Black, Brian C. and Richard F. Flarend. Critical Issues Series: Alternative Energy. Greenwood Publishers, forthcoming 2009.

Black, Brian C.  Contesting Gettysburg. Center for American Places Books, University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Contracted: 

Declaring Our Dependence: The Ecology of Petroleum in Twentieth Century American Life. University of Chicago Press, Trade division.

Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History. McNeill-Bentley Series in World History, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.

Critical Issues Series: Alternative Energy. With Gary Weisel, PSU.Greenwood Publishers.

Nature's Entrepot: Philadelphia's Urban Sphere and its Environmental Thresholds. Edited with Michael J. Chiarappa, Western Michigan University. Urban Environmental Sieres, University of Pittsburgh Press.

General Editor, World Environmental History: An Encyclopedia. Facts on File.

Contracts Pending:

Black, Brian C. Organic  Planning: Ecology and Design in the Early Years of TVA. 

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