Andrew Mark Davies, FRHistS, FRSA (born 1962) is a British historian. A professor at the University of Liverpool, he specialises in the history of crime, policing and violence in modern Britain.

Career edit

Born in 1962, Davies attended Sir John Deane's Sixth Form College in Northwich before studying at King's College, Cambridge, where he read history. He completed Part I of the Historical Tripos in 1983 and Part II in 1984, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1] He then carried out doctoral studies at King's.[1] For his thesis on leisure and poverty in early-20th-century Manchester and Salford[2] (supervised by A. J. Reid),[3] he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree by the University of Cambridge in 1989.[4]

By 1991, Davies was working at the University of Liverpool.[5] As of 2021, he is a professor of modern social history there.[6]

Since 2009, Davies has been a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[7]

Bibliography edit

Books

  • Davies, Andrew (1992). Leisure, Gender and Poverty: Working-Class Culture in Salford and Manchester, 1900–1939. Themes in the Twentieth Century. Buckingham: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335156375.
  • Davies, Andrew; Fielding, Steven, eds. (1992). Workers' Worlds: Cultures and Communities in Manchester and Salford, 1880–1939. Manchester: Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719025433.
  • Davies, Andrew (2009). The Gangs of Manchester: The Story of the Scuttlers, Britain's First Youth Cult. Preston: Milo Books. ISBN 9781903854853.
  • Davies, Andrew (2013). City of Gangs: Glasgow and the Rise of the British Gangster. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 9781444763751.

Theses

Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters

References edit

  1. ^ a b John Butler and Martin Butler Booth (eds), A Register of Admissions to King's College, Cambridge, 1945–1982 (Cambridge: King's College Association, 1989), p. 511. OCLC 23012198
  2. ^ Davies 1989.
  3. ^ "Modern Britain and Ireland – Awarded 1980–89", History Theses 1970–2014: Historical Research for Higher Degrees in the Universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (British History Online). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ Cambridge University List of Members up to 31 July 1998 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 193.
  5. ^ Davies 1991, p. 87.
  6. ^ "History Teaching Staff", University of Liverpool. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Andrew Davies: Professional Activities", University of Liverpool. Retrieved 7 June 2021.