Introduction: Households, marketplaces, and neighborhoods
Prescription, anxiety, and acceptance : representations of market women in popular culture
Cooperation and conflict : women, commerce, and the household economy
Traders, hucksters, and creditors : independent tradeswomen and the commerce of early modern towns
Conflicting interests, common interests : female traders, marital status and town authorities
Women, commerce, and female reputation
When to give and when to gouge : bargaining, neighborliness, and the limits of the moral economy
The potency of women's words : gossip, slander, and the enforcement of plain dealing
Women, protest, and marketplace politics
Conclusion: To "runneth and raveth" after markets.