AcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Market spaces and market places192Dried goods, soup, and fried eggs : exchange relations423Bitter salt : household structures and gender ideologies544Straw hats : the world of wholesalers715Harpies and the empty, dirty, overpriced bread basket : regulating the market chain876Sharks : loan and credit arrangements1047Talking brew, butchering patience : conversations in the marketplace1198Race recipes : alliances and animosity1489Angels and saints : popular religiosity16110Two-way streets : political action196Conclusion : what's in store?223References cited229Index237