Heads : a biography of psychedelic America
Jarnow, Jesse2016
Book
Tells the history of psychedelic drug counterculture that has become a part of the mainstream American psyche, beginning in the 1950s when the drugs were a promising psychological treatment, through their hippie heyday and to modern day usage. --Publisher's description.
Main title:
Heads : a biography of psychedelic America / Jesse Jarnow.
Author:
Jarnow, Jesse, author
Imprint:
Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo Press, [2016]©2016.
Collation:
xi, 468 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-416) and index.
Contents:
Humbead's revised map of the world -- Dead freaks unite -- Beyond the Whole Earth -- Shakedown Street -- The burning shore -- This everlasting spoof -- Day of the Dead -- Wetlands Preserve -- Through the looking glass -- The tour from Hell -- Festival season -- How Jerry got hip (again).
ISBN:
9780306921988 (paperback)
Dewey class:
782.421660922782.4216
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
708371
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Art and Culture | ARTS 782.4216 JARN | Available |