{"id":89,"date":"2018-09-11T02:39:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T02:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deadstudies.org\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2023-03-25T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-25T18:11:10","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/?page_id=89","title":{"rendered":"Basic Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unfamiliar readers curious about the Grateful Dead can begin here. Although far from comprehensive, this list of books provides an outline of the scholarly discourse on the Grateful Dead phenomenon. Most are academic; three are written for a general audience. Entries still in print are linked to Amazon, but readers may also find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/\">ABE.com<\/a> useful as a source for out-of-print and used copies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Listening-Secret-Grateful-Politics-Improvisation\/dp\/0520286650?keywords=ulf+olsson&amp;qid=1539133494&amp;sr=8-1&amp;ref=sr_1_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-100\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/UlfCover-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/UlfCover-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/UlfCover.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Ulf Olsson. <em>Listening for the Secret: The Grateful Dead and the Politics of Improvisation<\/em>. University of California Press, 2017.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A high-level scholarly monograph on the Dead, written from a critical theory perspective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heads-Biography-Psychedelic-Jesse-Jarnow\/dp\/0306822555\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1539569674&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=jarnow+heads&amp;dpID=619yukKpgNL&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-290\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/JarnowCover-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/JarnowCover-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/JarnowCover.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Jarnow, <em>Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America<\/em>. Da Capo, 2016.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A thoughtful account of the broader psychedelic subculture that informed and was shaped by the Grateful Dead phenomenon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/No-Simple-Highway-Cultural-Grateful\/dp\/1250010624\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1539994376&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=no+simple+highway\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-103\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/RichardsonCover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Richardson. <em>No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead<\/em>. St. Martin&#8217;s, 2015.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first academic history of the band, written by a literary historian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/This-All-Dream-We-Dreamed\/dp\/1250058562\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1539994415&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=this+is+all+a+dream+we+dreamed&amp;dpID=41AhNejeB-L&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/GansJacksonCover-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/GansJacksonCover-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/GansJacksonCover.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>David Gans and Blair Jackson. This<em> Is All A Dream We Dreamed: An Oral History of the Grateful Dead.<\/em> Flatiron Books, 2015.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A useful history of the band by two noted journalists that draws together a wide range of interviews and perspectives to tell the story of the band.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Grateful-Dead-Art-Rock-Improvisation\/dp\/0810882558\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-132\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Malvinni-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Malvinni-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Malvinni.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>David Malvinni. <em>The Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation<\/em>. Scarecrow Press, 2013.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first scholarly monograph in Dead studies, a musicological analysis of the band.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Studying-Dead-Grateful-Scholars-Informal\/dp\/0810891247\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/StudyingDeadCover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/StudyingDeadCover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/StudyingDeadCover.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas G. Meriwether, ed. <em>Studying the Dead: The Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus, An Informal History<\/em>. Scarecrow Press, 2013.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A collection of essays documenting the first fifteen years of the Grateful Dead area of the Southwest Popular\/American Culture Association, nicknamed the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Reading-Grateful-Dead-Critical-Survey\/dp\/0810883716?keywords=reading+the+grateful+dead&amp;qid=1539131601&amp;s=Books&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=sr_1_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-98\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ReadingDeadCover-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ReadingDeadCover-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ReadingDeadCover.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas G. Meriwether, ed. <em>Reading the Grateful Dead: A Critical Survey<\/em>. Scarecrow Press, 2012.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An anthology of essays, most derived from conference papers, outlining the discourse of Grateful Dead studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Grateful-Dead-Concert-Essays-Improvisation\/dp\/078644357X?keywords=stan+spector&amp;qid=1539132829&amp;s=Books&amp;sr=1-1&amp;ref=sr_1_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-99\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SpectorTuedioCover-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SpectorTuedioCover-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/SpectorTuedioCover.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Tuedio and Stan Spector, eds. <em>The Grateful Dead in Concert: Essays on Live Improvisation<\/em>. McFarland Press, 2010.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A wide-ranging interdisciplinary anthology edited by two academic philosophers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Graceful-Instruments-Contexts-Phenomenon\/dp\/1847180973\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-273\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AllGraceful-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AllGraceful-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AllGraceful.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Meriwether, ed. <em>All Graceful Instruments: The Contexts of the Grateful Dead Phenomenon<\/em>. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An early interdisciplinary anthology of scholarly essays, most revised from conference papers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Long-Strange-Trip-History-Grateful\/dp\/0767911865\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-885\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/McNallyCover-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/McNallyCover-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/McNallyCover-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/McNallyCover-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/McNallyCover.jpg 1724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis McNally. <em>A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead<\/em>. Broadway Books, 2002.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first in-depth history of the band, written by an academically trained historian who also served as the band&#8217;s publicist. Essential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Deadhead-Social-Science-Gonna-Learn\/dp\/0742502511?keywords=deadhead+social+science&amp;qid=1539131659&amp;s=Books&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr&amp;ref=sr_1_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/AdamsCover-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/AdamsCover-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/AdamsCover.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 <em>In print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Adams and Robert Sardiello, eds. <em>Deadhead Social Science: You Ain&#8217;t Gonna Learn What You Don&#8217;t Want To Know<\/em>. AltaMira Press, 2000.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An anthology of social science essays that introduces several fundamental academic questions about the phenomenon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Perspectives-Grateful-Dead-Critical-Contributions\/dp\/0313305692?keywords=perspectives+on+the+grateful+dead&amp;qid=1539132169&amp;s=Books&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr&amp;ref=sr_1_1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WeinerBookCover-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WeinerBookCover-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WeinerBookCover.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>Out of print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Robert G. Weiner, ed. <em>Perspectives on the Grateful Dead<\/em>. Greenwood Press, 1999.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An early interdisciplinary academic anthology edited by the first area chair of the Grateful Dead area of the Southwest Popular\/American Culture Association.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Grateful-Dead-Deadheads-Bibliography-Collection\/dp\/0313301417?keywords=robert+g.+weiner&amp;qid=1539132516&amp;s=Books&amp;sr=1-12&amp;ref=sr_1_12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DeadBibCover-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DeadBibCover-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/deadstudies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DeadBibCover.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em>Out of print<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>David Dodd and Robert G. Weiner. <em>The Grateful Dead and the Deadheads: An Annotated Bibliography<\/em>. Greenwood Press, 1997.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first and only annotated bibliography. Indispensable though now outdated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfamiliar readers curious about the Grateful Dead can begin here. Although far from comprehensive, this list of books provides an outline of the scholarly discourse on the Grateful Dead phenomenon. Most are academic; three are written for a general audience. 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