Preface, Geographical Note on Ten Mile Inn, Prologue, List of Local People, I. On the Eve of the Japanese Invasion, II. Pillars—and Pedestals—of the Old Society, III. The Kuomintang Retreat: The Communists Resist, IV. Ten Mile Inn takes its Stand on the Anti-Japanese Front, V. Famine and Counter-famine, VI. Introducing the New Middle Peasants, VII. Ten Mile Inn under its First Elected Government, VIII. The Destruction of Feudalism: Act One, IX. The Destruction of Feudalism: Act Two, X. Achievements of Eight Years of Democratic Reforms, Appendices, Index