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Philip C. Brown

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1981
Japanese History and CultureChinese history and philosophyFinancial Crisis of the 21st CenturyHistorical Economic and Social StudiesLand Rights and Reforms

Publications

77

Citations

232

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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Philip C. Brown studies the history of premodern and modern Japan, focusing on how land ownership, property rights, and village-level institutions helped communities cope with natural hazards like floods and land redistribution. His work also touches on environmental history, disease history, and comparative studies of disaster and land management in East Asia. This research draws on historical records to understand how social and legal arrangements shaped resilience to environmental risk.

Japanese HistoryLand Rights and Property SystemsEnvironmental and Disaster HistoryComparative East Asian HistoryHistory of Disease and Public Health

Publication output was concentrated around a cluster of related book chapters in 2017, with only sporadic single publications in most years since, indicating a slowing pace over the last decade.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.4/year recently
2017: 9 publications9172018: 2 publications1819202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222324252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • University of Hawaii Press eBooks×7
  • Monumenta Nipponica×2
  • Global Environment×1
  • Technology and Culture×1
  • Sustainability×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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