HIST 196J / AMST 353: 21st-Century U.S. History: The First Decade: Spring 2024 Research Topics

This research guide is intended to assist students in their research projects for the course 21st-Century U.S. History, taught by Professor Joanne Meyerowitz during Spring term 2024 at Yale University.

Group Research Projects

Smart phones/iPhone:

Abu Ghraib and American exceptionalism:

Citizens United and dark money in politics:

Debates on torture:

Digital piracy/Limewire

Oxford Bibliographies article, "Digital Piracy"
ProQuest News and Newspapers
And other newspapers/magazines, e.g. Wired
San Francisco Chronicle Collection with Historical
Wired magazine

23andMe

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Citation database for finding secondary sources/journal articles
Internet Archive/Wayback Machine: 23andMe
iPoll

8th Amendment Cases

U.S. prisons in Iraq

Commentary on Michelle Obama, 2007-2008

Interstate migration/NYC post-9/11

9/11 Memorial and Museum
9/11 Oral History Project, Columbia University
ProQuest News and Newspapers
And other newspapers/magazines

Department of Homeland Security

Borat (film)

Rise of reality television

Survivor: Cook Islands

Human Genome Project and Ethics

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Citation database for finding secondary sources/journal articles
iPoll
ProQuest News and Newspapers
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Primarily for finding magazine and scholarly journal articles

Internet/social media & Barack Obama

Archived Barack Obama White House Website
Pew Research Center: "The Internet and the 2008 Election"
ProQuest News and Newspapers
United States Elections Web Archive (Library of Congress)
Includes Barack Obama's 2008 campaign website