“…There was, at least to the eyes of a British-trained urban geographer, a relative dearth of historical studies in the 1960s though some work on building materials (Marshall, 1%3;Marsden, 1966) and morphological development (Williams, 1964;Johnston, 1968b) adopted an evolutionary approach. But taken as whole the literature certainly bears out Spate and Jennings' (1972, 122) verdict of 'variety and vivacity'.…”