Vernon Chadwick, ed., In Search of Elvis: Music, Race, Art, Religion. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1997.

The contributors to this anthology write about their views of Elvis Presley as fans, with an emphasis on race, the South, and sexuality

Robin Denselow, When the Music's Over: The Story of Political Pop. London: Faber and Faber, 1989.

Denselow examines the political element of rock music in the United States and the rest of the world.

Paul Friedlander, Rock and Roll: A Social History. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996.

Friedlander chronicles the first three decades of rock and roll, emphasizing the social and historical factors that helped shape rock's different genres.

Simon Frith, Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure, and the Politics of Rock 'n' Roll. New York: Pantheon Books, 1981.

In this book, Frith explores the origins of rock music and its existence as both an art form and a product.

Simon...