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Terrible Honesty: Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s by Ann Douglas

Published in 1995, this scholarly work explores the cultural shift in New York during the 1920s, focusing on the transition from Victorian sentimentality to a modern, secular, and ‘terrible’ honesty. It won significant acclaim for its analysis of the interactions between black and white intellectuals and the birth of the Jazz Age.

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