介绍了王小波及沉默的大多数、毛泽东时代的民间知识分子、独立电影、维权律师、民间学者、上访制度，从博客等看网络时代的民间知识分子。。。台湾出了中译本《在人民之间》。值得一读。

目录

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Grassroots Intellectuals: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives
2. Wang Xiaobo and the Silent Majority: Redefining the Role of Intellectuals After Tiananmen
3. Minjian Historians of the Mao Era: Commemorating, Documenting, Debating
4. Investigating and Transforming Society from the Margins: The Rise and Fall of Independent Cinema
5. Professionals at the Grassroots: Rights Lawyers, Academics, and Petitioners
6. Journalists, Bloggers, and a New Public Culture
Conclusion
Appendix: Minibiographies of Thirty Minjian Intellectuals
Notes