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Authored Books

Gerteis, Christopher (2025) 戦後青年と冷戦の政治意識. 東京: 東京大学出版会. (Forthcoming)

Gerteis, Christopher (2021) Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute)

Gerteis, Christopher (2010) Gender Struggles: Wage-earning Women and Male-Dominated Unions in Postwar Japan. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Asia Center: Distributed by Harvard University Press. (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Gerteis, Christopher, Nakajima, Takahiro, Pablo, Blitstein, Masaaki, Itakura, Mio, Kishimoto, Yasushi, Oki, Osamu, Takamizawa, Zhang, Xudong and Shigeto, Sonoda, eds. (2025) A Cultural History of East Asia (6 vol). London and New York: Bloomsbury. (Bloomsbury Cultural History Series) (Forthcoming)

Gerteis, Christopher and George, Timothy S., eds. (2012) Japan since 1945: from Postwar to Post-Bubble. London and New York: Bloomsbury.

Gerteis, Christopher, ed. (2012) Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 vols). Leiden and Boston: Brill.

Book Chapters

Gerteis, Christopher and Blitstein, Pablo (2025) 'East Asia in Late Antiquity.' In: A Cultural History of East Asia in Late Antiquity. London and New York: Bloomsbury. (Bloomsbury Cultural History Series) (Forthcoming)

Gerteis, Christopher and Nakajima, Takahiro (2025) 'The Emergence of the East Asian Sino-sphere.' In: A Cultural History of East Asia. London and New York: Bloomsbury. (Bloomsbury Cultural History Series) (Forthcoming)

Gerteis, Christopher and Takamizawa, Osamu (2025) 'Nineteenth Century Imperialism in its Global Asian Context.' In: A Cultural History of East Asia in the Imperialist Nineteenth Century. London and New York: Bloomsbury. (Bloomsbury Cultural History Series) (Forthcoming)

Gerteis, Christopher (2020) 'Writing for Publication: Eight Helpful Hints.' In: Reiher, Cornelia and Kottmann, Nora, (eds.), Studying Japan: Research Designs, Fieldwork and Methods. Baden Baden: Nomos, pp. 450-454.

Gerteis, Christopher (2017) 'The Emergence of Trade Unionism.' In: Saalar, Sven and Szpilman, Christopher, (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History. Abingdon; New York: Routledge, pp. 324-333. (Routledge Handbooks)

Gerteis, Christopher (2017) 'Young and Radical in Postwar Japan.' In: Internationalizing Japan Studies: Dialogues, Interactions, Dynamics/国際日本研究：対話、対話、ダイナミクス. 東京: 東京外語大学国際日本学研究院, pp. 39-42.

Gerteis, Christopher (2017) 'The Nexus of Gender, Class and Generation.' In: Kondo, Noboyuki, (ed.), Crossing the Boundaries: Asians and Africans on the Move. Tokyo: 三鈴印刷株式会社, pp. 107-112.

Gerteis, Christopher (2013) '「衰退してゆく労働組合員一戦後労働運動における階級とジェンダー」.' In: フリューシュトゥック, サビーネ, ウォルソール, アン and 長野, ひろ子, (eds.), 日本人の「男らしさ」 -サムライからオタクまで 「男性性」の変遷を追う. 東京: 明石書店, pp. 130-149.

Gerteis, Christopher (2012) 'Marketing History as Social Responsibility.' In: Gerteis, Christopher and George, Timothy S., (eds.), Japan since 1945: from Postwar to Post-Bubble. London and New York: Bloomsbury, pp. 223-241.

Gerteis, Christopher and George, Timothy S. (2012) 'Revisiting the History of Postwar Japan.' In: Gerteis, Christopher and George, Timothy S., (eds.), Japan since 1945: from Postwar to Post-Bubble. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 1-9, 67-68, 141-143, 205-207.

Gerteis, Christopher (2012) 'The Nexus of Economic and Social Change in Modern Japan.' In: Gerteis, Christopher, (ed.), Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 vols). Leiden and Boston: Brill, pp. 3-17.

Gerteis, Christopher (2012) 'Losing the Union Man: Class and Gender in the Postwar Japanese Labor Movement.' In: Gerteis, Christopher, (ed.), Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan. Leiden and Boston: Brill, pp. 1155-1172.

Gerteis, Christopher (2011) 'Losing the Union Man: Gender and Class in the Postwar Labor Movement.' In: Frühstück, Sabine and Walthall, Anne, (eds.), Recreating Japanese Men. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, pp. 135-153.

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) 'Labor Unions in Japan.' In: Stearns, Peter N., (ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 406-407.

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) 'Labor and the Labor Movement: Labor Relations in Japan.' In: Stearns, Peter N., (ed.), Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 383-385.

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) 'Subjectivity lost: Labor and the Cold War in Occupied Japan.' In: Stromquist, Shelton, (ed.), Labor's Cold War: Local Politics in a Global Context. Urbana, Illinois, USA: University of Illinois Press, pp. 258-290. (The working class in American history)

Journal Article

Gerteis, Christopher and ガータイス, クリストファー (2025) '選択的記憶と戦略的忘却：日本における歴史の商品化と産業遺産.' 東洋文化研究所紀要 = The Memoirs of the Institute for Oriental Culture, 186. pp. 1-39. (Forthcoming)

Gerteis, Christopher and Dower, John W (2014) 'Political Protest in Japan, Part II 戦間期日本の政治的抗議活動 (下）.' The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 12 (37.2).

Gerteis, Christopher (2014) 'Political Protest in Interwar Japan Part I 戦間期日本の政治的抗議活動「上」.' The Asia-Pacific Journal, 12 (37-1). pp. 1-17.

Gerteis, Christopher and George, Timothy S. (2014) 'Beyond the Bubble, Beyond Fukushima: Reconsidering the History of Postwar Japan / バブルのかなた、福島のかなたとは　戦後日本史再考.' The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, 12 (8.3).

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) 'Review Essay and Selected Bibliography on Labor in Japan.' Labor History, 49 (2). pp. 253-255.

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) '「大原社研アーカイブと社会史研究」.' 大原社会問題研究所雑誌=Journal of Ōhara Institute for Social Research (591). pp. 10-14.

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) 'Religious Terrorism and Popular Culture: The Uses and Abuses of Aum Shinrikyō.' Journal of Religion and Society (10). pp. 1-6.

Gerteis, Christopher (2007) 'The Erotic and the Vulgar: Visual Culture and Organized Labor's Critique of U.S. Hegemony in Occupied Japan.' Critical Asian Studies, 39 (1). pp. 3-34.

Gerteis, Christopher (2003) 'Labor’s Cold Warriors: The American Federation of Labor and ‘Free Trade Unionism’ in Cold War Japan.' The Journal of American-East Asian Relations, 12 (3). pp. 207-224.

Monographs and Working Papers

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) AI and the History Profession: Rethinking Historiography in the Digital Age. Past meets Pixel @ Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Research Note (4): From Play to Platform: Video Games as Ecosystems. Past meets Pixel @ Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Research Note (3): Perspectives on Historiographical Video Game Design. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Research Note (2): The Future of Interactive Storytelling. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Research Note (1): Interactive AI and the Future of Video Game Work. Past meets Pixel @ Substack.com.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (9): The Importance of Gamer Communities. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (8): Learning from FPS Design. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (7): XR and the Digital Humanities. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (6): Taking Serious Games Seriously. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (5): Visual Novels. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (4): Exploring the Expressive Games Lab. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (3): Depicting Archeology as Colonial Practice. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (2): Virtual Angkor. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Field Notes (1): The Historical Games Network. Past Meets Pixel@Substack.

Gerteis, Christopher (2016) イギリスとアメリカにおける日本教育[Teaching about Japan in England and America]. 東京: 東京外国語大学 「東京外国語大学 国際日本学研究報告」.

Book Reviews

Gerteis, Christopher (2023) 'Review of: Coed Revolution: The Female Student in the Japanese New Left by Chelsea Szendi Schieder.' Journal of Japanese Studies, 49 (1). pp. 205-210.

Gerteis, Christopher (2017) 'Review of: The Limits of Okinawa: Japanese Capitalism, Living Labor, and Theorizations of Community. (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society.) Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2015.' American Historical Review, 122 (2). pp. 507-508.

Gerteis, Christopher (2012) 'Review of The People’s Post Office: The History and Politics of the Japanese Postal System, 1871-2010.' American Historical Review, 117 (5). pp. 1569-1570.

Gerteis, Christopher (2010) 'Review of 'The Proletarian Gamble: Korean Workers in Interwar Japan' by Ken C. Kawashima.' The American Historical Review, 115 (4). pp. 1462-1463.

Gerteis, Christopher (2010) 'Review of 'Women's History and Local Community in Postwar Japan'.' Social Science Japan Journal, 13 (1).

Gerteis, Christopher (2010) 'Review of 'Soft Power and Its Perils: U.S. Cultural Policy in Early Postwar Japan and Permanent Dependency'.' The Journal of Asian Studies, 69 (3). pp. 909-912.

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) 'Review of 'A Sociology of Work in Japan' by Ross Mouer and Hirosuke Kawanishi.' Labor History, 49 (2). pp. 260-261.

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) 'Review of 'Gendering Modern Japanese History' edited by Barbara Molony and Kathleen Uno.' Journal of Asian Studies, 67 (1). pp. 326-328.

Gerteis, Christopher (2008) 'Review of 'War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945-2005' by Franziska Seraphim.' Journal of Asian Studies, 67 (3). pp. 1098-1100.

Gerteis, Christopher (2007) 'Review of 'Cooperation over Conflict: The Women's Movement and the State in Postwar Japan' by Miriam Murase.' Journal of Asian Studies, 66 (3). pp. 848-849.

Gerteis, Christopher (2005) 'Review of 'Divisions of Labor: Globality, Ideology, and War in the Shaping of the Japanese Labor Movement' by Lonny E. Carlile.' Journal of Asian Studies, 64 (4). pp. 1024-1025.

Shows/Exhibitions

Gerteis, Christopher (2023) The HashimaXR Project. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Gerteis, Christopher and Dower, John W (2013) Political Protest in Interwar Japan - 2: Eight Topical Galleries from the Ohara Collection (1920s-1930s). [Shows/Exhibitions]

Gerteis, Christopher (2013) Political Protest in Interwar Japan - 1: Posters and Handbills from the Ohara Collection (1920s-1930s). [Shows/Exhibitions]

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Selective Memory and Strategic Forgetting: Japan’s Industrial Heritage Tourism. Japanese Modernity @ Substack [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Japan’s 'Akiya Boom': The 'Upside' of a Rural Housing Crisis? Japanese Modernity @ Substack.com [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Bridging history and gameplay: Lessons from historiographical video game design. Game Developer [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) From Archives to Avatars: My Journey into the World of Historiographical Video Game Design. Past Meets Pixel @ Substack [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gerteis, Christopher (2024) Exploring the Potential and Challenges of Historical Video Games. 端島XR Newsletter [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Gerteis, Christopher (2021) The Hidden Conservativsm of the 'Radical' Sixties Generation. Cornell University Press [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Audios

Gerteis, Christopher and Staiman, Avi (2022) English-Language Publishing in Asian Universities and Colleges: A Conversation with Christopher Gerteis, Hosted by Avi Staiman. New Books Network. [Audio]

Films

Gerteis, Christopher, Nakamura, Kyoichi and MacDonald, Jakob (2023) Nagasaki HashimaXR Symposium, 22 July 2023. HashimaXR Project. Available from https://youtu.be/BjwmTDNtBn0?si=rBs05FtwFvYJMSq1.

Gerteis, Christopher and Mihalopoulos, Bill (2022) SHCY Book Talk: Mobilizing Japanese Youth. Society for the History of Children and Youth. Available from https://youtu.be/25DlzTTdwgc?si=l5720a4FWzyuz8E_.

Other

Gerteis, Christopher and Anderson, Jennifer E. (2006) 'Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank to accompany Rhoads Murphey East Asia: A New History Fourth Edition.' New York: Pearson/Longman.

Gerteis, Christopher (2005) 'Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japanese Society.' ExEAS Syllabi .

Gerteis, Christopher (2005) 'Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank to accompany Rhoads Murphey History of Asia Fifth Edition.' New York: Pearson/Longman.

Gerteis, Christopher (2003) 'U.S. Credibility at Stake in Iraq.' History News Service .

Gerteis, Christopher (2003) 'Did We Fabricate the Pretext for War?' History News Network .

Gerteis, Christopher (2002) 'Dissenters Be Wary: The Nation’s at War.' The Seattle Times .

Gerteis, Christopher (2002) 'Training the 21st Century Yeoman Farmer.' The Overseas Democrat .