Christopher Gerteis, Ph.D. (2001), is a Lecturer of the History of Modern and Contemporary Japan at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London where he teaches the social and cultural history of Japan. He is author of Gender Struggles: Wage-earning Women and Male-dominated Unions in Postwar Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2009). Dr Gerteis' current research investigates the intersection of consumer capitalism, industrial heritage and historical memory in the twentieth century.