Red Genesis: The Hunan Normal School and the Creation of Chinese Communism, 1903-1921 -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Exceptional Normal and the Paradox of Hunan -- Chapter 1: Reform in Hunan, 1895-1900 -- Chapter 2: From Confucian Academy to Modern School -- Chapter 3: The Milieu of Hunan First Normal,1912-1919 -- Chapter 4: Teaching the New Culture: First Normal's Faculty -- Chapter 5: Sage in Residence: Yang Changji -- Chapter 6: Provincial Scholars and Young Radicals -- Chapter 7: Education of a Provincial Radical: Cai Hesen -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.