"Editorial" by Kumkum Sangari, p. 1-2.

"The 'Amenities of Domestic Life' Question of Labour" by Kumkum Sangari, p. 3-46.

"Economics and Patriliny: Consumption and Authority within the Household" by Rajni Palriwala, p. 47-73.

"Land, Dowry, Labour: Women in the Changing Economy of Midnapur" by Jayoti Gupta, p. 74-90.

"Persistence of a Custom: Cultural Centrality of Ghunghat" by Prem Chowdhry, p. 91-112.

"Women and Farm Work in Tamil Folk Songs" by Vijaya Ramaswamy, p. 113-129.

"Social Pariahs and Domestic Drudges: Widowhood among Nineteenth Century Poona Brahmins" by Uma Chakravarti, p. 130-158.

"Prostitution in Nineteenth Century Bengal: Construction of Class and Gender" by Ratnabali Chatterjee, p. 159-172.

"Prostitutes, Patrons and the State: Nineteenth Century Awadh" by Kokila Dang, p. 173-196.