Download or read book The First Years of Yangyi Commune written by David Crook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. Over a fifth of mankind live in people’s 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.