First Published in 1998. Over a fifth of mankind live in peoples communes. This study is strictly limited as to time and place due the vast area of research. It deals with the first two years of one commune: Yangyi which is in Shexian, the southernmost county of Hopei Province, in the dry and rugged Taihang Range.
PROLOGUE, PART ONE: TWO YEARS HISTORY OF YANGYI COMMUNE, 195860, I.
THE YEARS BEFORE THE COMMUNE, II. THE BIRTH OF YANGYI COMMUNE (SUMMER, 1958),
III. YANGYI COMMUNE TAKES SHAPE (AUTUMN AND WINTER, 1958), IV. TEMPERING THE
WINDS OF COMMUNISM (SPRING, 1959), V. THE EIGHT POINT CHARTER (SPRING, SUMMER
AND AUTUMN, 1959), VI. RECTIFICATION (WINTER, 195960), VII. HIGH YIELD
TRACTS (WINTER AND SPRING, 1960), VIII. COMMUNE AGAINST CLIMATE (SPRING AND
SUMMER, 1960), IX. TWO MAJOR CONTRADICTIONS (SUMMER, 1960), INTERLUDE:
BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF YANGYI COMMUNE IN THE SUMMER OF 1960, PART TWO: YANGYI
COMMUNES MANY-SIDEDNESS, X. FIVE-SIDED FARMING IN THE MOUNTAINS, XI. FARM
MANAGEMENT, XII. INDUSTRY IN THE SERVICE OF AGRICULTURE, XIII. COMMUNE
COMMERCE, XIV. SOCIAL SERVICES, XV. EDUCATION, XVI. MILITARY MATTERS AND
COMMUNE POWER PAGE, PART THREE: POLITICS OF YANGYI COMMUNE, XVII. CLASSES AND
THE CLASS LINE, XVIII. MASS-LINE LEADERS AND LEADERSHIP, XIX. WOMEN, XX.
YOUTH, EPILOGUE, INDEX
David Crook, Isabel Crook
