Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group / Social science

Regulating the Poor

by Frances Fox Piven & Richard Cloward

Illiterate America

by Jonathan Kozol

The Riddle of Gender

by Deborah Rudacille

When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.

Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angles–historical,...

The Gift

by Lewis Hyde

Discusses the argument that a work of art is essentially a gift and not a commodity.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Long Exile

by Melanie Mcgrath

In 1952, the Canadian government forcibly relocated three dozen Inuit from their flourishing home on the Hudson Bay to the barren, arctic landscape of Ellesmere Island, the most northerly landmass on the planet....

Ethical Realism

by Anatol Lieven & John Hulsman

America today faces a world more complicated than ever before, but our politicians have failed to envision a foreign policy that addresses our greatest threats. Ethical Realism shows how the United States can...

Hard Line

by Ken Ellingwood

The Southwestern border is one of the most fascinating places in America, a region of rugged beauty and small communities that coexist across the international line. In the past decade, the area has also become...

Little Money Street

by Fernanda Eberstadt & John Updike

In 1998, Fernanda Eberstadt, her husband, and their two small children moved from New York to an area outside Perpignan, France - a city with one of the largest Gypsy populations in Western Europe. Here she...