In the 1890s, the United States looked both inward and outward, testing how a fast-growing nation would handle economic strain, political change and a widening role in the world.

From its origins to its cultural influence today, this is how IBM helped shape America as one of the nation’s most iconic ...

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Land of contrasts -- Literary hospitality: William Dean Howells -- Literary absenteeism: Henry James and Mark Twain -- The Midwestern imagination -- Crushed yet complacent: Hamlin Garland and Henry ...