They observed and participated in the land reform movements carried out by the Chinese Communist Party in North China villages and produced a "thick description" which they published in their widely cited Ten Mile Village (1959).
他们观察并参加了中国共产党在华北村庄进行的土地改革运动，并在他们被广泛引用的《十里店》（1959）中生产了一篇“厚实的描述” 。