Dancing in the Streets

Why it’s on the list: Ehrenreich’s history of communal ecstasy — Dionysian rites, carnival, revivals, rock concerts — and of the long campaign by church and state to suppress it.

Where I heard about it

• @typesfast’s thread — a reply to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” in the thread, June 2025. The full list of replies lives on What’s the best history book… (tweet).

Connections

• What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
• People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.