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John L. Brooke

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1965
American Constitutional Law and PoliticsAmerican History and CultureMormonism, Religion, and HistoryHistorical Economic and Social StudiesRace, History, and American Society

Publications

142

Citations

1,011

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

60

Publishing since 1965

Research summary
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John L. Brooke is a historian who studies early American history, focusing on slavery, abolition, and the antebellum political crisis leading to the Civil War, as well as environmental and climate history over long timescales. His work connects social and political history with ecological history, examining topics like the links between slavery, plantation agriculture, and early climate change. He also writes on state formation and comparative historical topics such as Inner Eurasian environmental history.

Slavery and abolition in early AmericaEnvironmental and climate historyAmerican political and constitutional historyState formation and comparative historyAntebellum crisis and the Civil War era

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with a peak in 2018, a gap in 2021, and a moderate resurgence in 2023-2024, averaging about 1.4 publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 7 publications7182019: 1 publication192020: 5 publications20212022: 1 publication222023: 4 publications232024: 2 publications242526
Recent publications
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  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×3
  • Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks×2
  • The Journal of Interdisciplinary History×2
  • Slavery and Abolition×2
  • Environmental History×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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