Part 1 Social and economic change: back to the beginning ancestral memories - before 1950 A Clean Snow Sweeps the Land - land reform in 1951 taking the co-operative road - 1953-7 how high the cost of fighting Paper Tigers: - 1958 great leap forward - triumph and tragedy - 1958-61 the people's commune - 1962-72 walking on two legs - 1972-82. Part 2 Ideological and political change: passing the gate - 1966 the cultural revolution - 1966-76 family farming once again - after 1982. Part 3 Cultural change: barefoot doctors - the village clinic part-work, part-study - the school the politics of women's emancipation festivals and life-cycle celebrations. Epilogue.