Peter Borsay Explained

Peter N. Borsay (1950-2020) was a professor of history at Aberystwyth University. He was a specialist in the social, urban and cultural history of Britain.^{[1] [2]}

Selected publications

• The English urban renaissance: Culture and society in the provincial town 1660-1770. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991.^[3]
• Provincial towns in early modern England and Ireland: Change, convergence and divergence. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002. (Edited with L. Proudfoot)
• A history of leisure: The British experience since 1500. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.^{[4] [5]}
• Resorts and ports: European seaside towns since 1700. Channel View Publications, 2011. (Edited with J.K. Walton)
• Leisure cultures in urban Europe c. 1700-1870: A transnational perspective. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2015. (Edited with J.H. Furnee) (Studies in Popular Culture series)
• The Invention of the English Landscape, c. 1700-1939. Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.^[6] (Posthumous, completed by Prof. Rosemary Sweet)

External links

• http://www.historyandpolicy.org/policy-papers/papers/binge-drinking-and-moral-panics-historical-parallels

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aberystwyth University - Borsay, Peter. 30 April 2016.
2. Web site: Professor Peter Borsay. 30 April 2016.
3. Book: The English Urban Renaissance. Oxford Studies in Social History . 25 April 1991 . Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-820255-4 . 30 April 2016.
4. Web site: A History of Leisure. Peter Borsay. Palgrave Higher Education. 30 April 2016.
5. 4122010. Review.
6. Web site: The Invention of the English Landscape. Bloomsbury. 21 August 2023.