1. Who Ruled China in the 19th Century? Political and Military Elites in the Late Qing • Cameron Campbell, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

2. The Ties That Bind: Matrilineal and Patrilineal Marriage Networks in the Emergence of the Dallas Upper Class • Shay O'Brien, Princeton University; Fabien Accominotti, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

3. Comparing Bourgeois Social Networks: Proprietary Elites in the US and the UK in the 19th Century • Rudi Batzell, Lake Forest College.

4. From the Rest to the Best: China’s Second Silent Revolution • David Y. Zuo, Nanjing University; James Z. Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Chen Liang, Nanjing University; Bamboo Yunzhu Ren, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.