This volume illuminates the importance of gender as a frame of reference in the study of economic life. The contributors are economic anthropologists who consider the role of gender and work in a cross-cultural context, examining issues of: historical change; the construction of globalization; household authority and entitlement; and entrepreneurship and autonomy. The text should be useful as a resource for researchers in anthropology and in the related fields of economics, sociology of work, gender studies, women’s studies, and economic development.