CHAPTER ONE THE ARRIVAL OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION TEAMS / 1 1.1 Government officials dispatched to poor villages / 2 1.2 Building of the consensus on development / 13 1.3 The social adhesive in the Miao Village / 20 CHAPTER TWO INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION AND ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING / 27 2.1 The secrets to increase capacity for independent development / 29 2.2 Industrial transformation / 41 2.3 Economic restructuring / 58 CHAPTER THREE A UNIQUE PATH OF VILLAGE GOVERNANCE / 71 3.1 The authority of the Miao Village / 72 3.2 Multi-faceted governance / 84 3.3 Public power and village governance / 108 CHAPTER FOUR CONTINUATION AND CHANGE OF MIAO VILLAGE CULTURE / 121 4.1 Living customs / 123 4.2 Cultural landscape / 136 4.3 Values / 147 CHAPTER FIVE SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE MIAO VILLAGE / 161 5.1 Population structure / 162 5.2 Interpersonal relationships / 175 5.3 Marriage and family / 187 CHAPTER SIX THE INTOXICATING VILLAGE / 205 6.1 Village landscape / 207 6.2 Public facilities / 217 6.3 Living environment / 232