Andrew Gordon

Andrew Gordon

Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History
Andrew Gordon

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Professor Gordon teaches courses on modern Japanese history with a primary research interest in labor, class and the social and political history of modern Japan. His most recent book, Fabricating Consumers, examines the making of the modern consumer in 20th century Japan, with a particular focus on the sewing machine.  He is currently working with colleagues in Japan and the United States to create a digital archive of Japan’s March 2011 disasters.

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Center for Government and International Studies-South Building
Room S236
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: 617-496-4729

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