No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead

Answer the prompt in 5 pages: Must of read the book: *No Simple Highway by the Grateful Dead* Need quotes to back it up the questions is: In the era of the 1960s, some resisted the status quo in America through political activism, and some resisted through art. Where did the Grateful Dead fall in this dichotomy? How did the band feel about politics and activism? Did they care about changing the world? In your historical judgment, did rock ‘n’ roll matter, and did it have any lasting effect on the society in which we live today? Your essay should be typed and double-spaced, with 1” margins and no larger than 12-point font. As detailed in our History Department Writing Guide (available as “History Writing Guide with Garabedian Updates” under Resources at our iLearn site), you must use footnotes for attributions and include a bibliography. Success on this paper will be determined by how well you balance your personal response (your thesis and interpretation) with effective textual evidence and specifics. Remember, you want to make your claim, and then support, illustrate, or elaborate on it with relevant quotations, reference examples, or factual data drawn from our assigned material. (WARNING: Do not use Internet sources on this assignment, or beware the consequences.)