PROLOGUE
PART ONE: TWO YEARS' HISTORY OF YANGYI COMMUNE
1958-60
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
1959-60)
VII. HIGH YIELD TRACTS (WINTER AND SPRING
1960)
VIII. COMMUNE AGAINST CLIMATE (SPRING AND SUMMER
1960)
IX. TWO MAJOR CONTRADICTIONS (SUMMER
1960)
INTERLUDE: BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF YANGYI COMMUNE IN THE SUMMER OF 1960
PART TWO: YANGYI COMMUNE'S 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