Table of Contents
List of Maps and Tables vii
Acknowledgements xi
Names of Villagers xvi
1. Back to the Beginning 3
2. Ancestral Memories: Before 1950 8
3. `A Clean Snow Sweeps the Land': Land Reform in 1951 18
4. Taking the Co-operative Road: 1953-7 31
5. How High the Cost of Fighting 'Paper Tigers'?: 1958 44
6. Great Leap Forward: Triumph & Tragedy: 1958-61 51
7. The People's Commune: 1962-72 68
8. Walking on Two Legs: 1972-82 81
II. Ideological and Political Change
9. Passing the Gate: 1966 97
10. The Cultural Revolution: 1966-76 112
11. Family Farming Once Again: After 1982 133
III. Cultural Change
12. Barefoot Doctors: The Village Clinic 155
13. Part-work, Part-study: The School 167
14. The Politics of Women's Emancipation 178
15. Festivals and Life-cycle Celebrations 194
Epilogue 211
Methodology and Appendix: Statistical Tables 221
Bibliography and Notes 243
Index 259