Heads
Subtitle: a biography of psychedelic America
By: Jesse Jarnow
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780306822551
Subjects: Deadheads (Music fans); Grateful Dead (Musical group); Hallucinogenic drugs; Rock music; Counterculture; History
Other titles: Biography of psychedelic America
Description: The history of psychedelic drug counterculture, beginning in the 1950s when the drugs were a promising psychological treatment through their hippie heyday and up to modern day usage. The essential history of how LSD, Deadheads, tie-dye, and the occasional bad trip have become familiar features of the American experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical, web, and film references (pages 400-416) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. The long renaissance; title: Humbead's revised map of the world; title: Dead freaks unite; title: Beyond the Whole Earth; title: Shakedown Street; title: The burning shore; title: This everlasting spoof; title: Day of the Dead; title: Wetlands Preserve; title: Through the looking glass; title: The tour from hell; title: Festival season; title: How Jerry got hip (again).