The authors look at the fundamental role of gender in global commodity chains. They challenge assumptions of global economic systems by identifying the crucial role social reproduction plays in production and by declaring the household as an important site of production. The book also addresses ways women's work can be integrated into commodity chain research, the forms women's labor takes, threats to social reproduction, the impact of indigenous and peasant households on commodity chains, the rapidly expanding arenas of global carework and sex trafficking, and finally, opportunities for worker resistance.