Ch. 1. The paradox of service and freedom
Ch. 2. The hop and the pole : the limits of materialism
Ch. 3. "Surprising confrontations" : discourses of service in The taming of the shrew
Ch. 4. "Monsieur, we are not lettered" : classical influences and the early modern marketplace
Ch. 5. "Clubs, bills, and partisans" : retainer violence and male bonding
Ch. 6. Fidelis Servus...: good service and the obligations of obedience
Ch. 7. ...Perpetuus Asinus : bad service and the primacy of the will
Ch. 8. "A place in the story" : gender, commodity, alienation, and service
Ch. 9. "As willing as bondage e'er of freedom" : the vindication of willing service in The tempest.