1. The Invented Average: University Graduates as the Middle Class in Interwar Japan • Jamyung Choi, Sungkyunkwan University.

2. The Ladies Auxiliary and the Function of Social Organizing in the Rural Working Class during the Post-World War II Period • Coreen Derifield, East Central College.

3. Making Ends Meet: Clerical Workers, Consumption, and Class Location in the 1920s • Paul Taillon, University of Auckland.

4. Alienation of the White-Collar? Quality of Work Life of Elite Business Professionals in Contemporary Turkey • Mustafa Yavas, New York University Abu Dhabi.