Publications

1998
The Wages of Affluence: Labor and Management in Postwar Japan
Gordon, Andrew. The Wages of Affluence: Labor and Management in Postwar Japan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. Publisher's Website
1997
Gordon, Andrew. “Managing the Japanese Household: The New Life Movement in Postwar Japan.” Social Politics 4, no. 2 (1997): 245-283. Publisher's VersionAbstract
The New Life Movement in postwar Japan was a set of loosely connected initiatives of government offices, women's groups, and corporations. Aimed entirely at women, the movement addressed a range of concerns, from morality and democratic social relations to kitchen redesign and public hygiene, but gender issues such as sex roles, reproduction and the definition of the “housewife” were central. This paper looks at all these activities, it examines in particular the efforts of dozens of major corporations to set up outreach programs to train the wives of male employees in skills of household management and child rearing. The New Life Movement was part of two crucial social and cultural processes in postwar history. It powerfully reinforced the idea that the needs of the corporation “naturally” were congruent with the needs of all Japanese people. And it naturalized a model of gender relations in which women of all social strata managed the home, while men managed the work place. This paper concludes by comparing these processes in Japan to similar ones in Europe and America.
The Ashio Riot of 1907 : A Social History of Mining in Japan
Kazuo, Nimura. The Ashio Riot of 1907 : A Social History of Mining in Japan. Edited by Andrew Gordon. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1997. Publisher's Website
1996
Conditions for the Disappearance of the Japanese Working-Class Movement
Gordon, Andrew. “Conditions for the Disappearance of the Japanese Working-Class Movement.” In Putting Class in Its Place: Worker Identities in East Asia, edited by Elizabeth J. Perry. Berkeley, CA: Institute of East Asian Studies, 1996. Publisher's Website
Portraits of the Japanese Workplace: Labor Movements, Workers, and Managers
Kumazawa, Makoto. Portraits of the Japanese Workplace: Labor Movements, Workers, and Managers. Edited by Andrew Gordon. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996. Publisher's Website
1993
Contests for the Workplace
Gordon, Andrew. “Contests for the Workplace.” In Postwar Japan as History, edited by Andrew Gordon. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. Publisher's Version
Postwar Japan as History
Gordon, Andrew, ed. Postwar Japan as History. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993. Publisher's Website
1991
Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan
Gordon, Andrew. Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991. Publisher's Website
1989
Araki Toichiro and the Shaping of Labor Management
Gordon, Andrew. “Araki Toichiro and the Shaping of Labor Management.” In Japanese Management in Historical Perspective, edited by Tsunehiko Yui and Keiichiro Nakagawa. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1989. Publisher's Website
The Business Lobby and Bureaucrats in Labor, 1911-1945
Gordon, Andrew. “The Business Lobby and Bureaucrats in Labor, 1911-1945.” In Managing Industrial Enterprise: Cases from Japan’s Prewar Experience, edited by William Wray. Cambridge, MA: Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University Press, 1989.
1988
Gordon, Andrew. “The Crowd and Politics in Tokyo, 1905-1918.” Past and Present 121 (1988): 141-170. Full Article URL
1987
Gordon, Andrew. “The Right to Work in Japan: Labor and the State in the Depression.” Social Research 54, no. 2 (1987): 247-272. Full Article URLAbstract
At the beginning of the Great Depression, no successful foreign model of social security for workers existed, so the Japanese were forced to develop their own solutions. The author analyzes Japanese worker and managerial responses to the crisis of the Great Depression and their continuing impact.
1985
The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, 1853-1955
Gordon, Andrew. The Evolution of Labor Relations in Japan: Heavy Industry, 1853-1955. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985. Publisher's Website

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