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035			_a(Sirsi) u72120
041			_aeng
050	0	4	_a920 $2 18
100	1		_aThompson, Francis Michael Longstreth
245	0	0	_aChartered surveyors _bthe growth of a profession
260			_aLondon _bRoutledge and Kegan Paul _c1968
300			_axvi, 400p., [69]p. of plates _bill. _c25cm.
350			_a32
505	0		_aThe sixteeth-century surveyor -- Surveyors and the land, 1600-1800 -- Surveying in the early industrial revolution -- The origins of quantity surveying -- The rise of professional valuers -- Surveyors in the railway age -- The foundation of the Institution of Surveyors -- The Institution and professionalization -- The growth of qualfying examinations -- The education of surveyors -- The development of local self-government -- Home rule and imperialism -- Specializations and professional unity -- The Institution and the public --
505	0		_aAppendices: Surveyors in the census -- Membership of the Institution -- The first examination papers, 1861 -- Professional earnings, 1955/56 -- Surveyors' salaries, 1946 and 1949 -- Surveyors' earnings, 1962/63 -- Analysis of type of practice of chartered surveyors, 1955 -- The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in public life -- Presidents, honorary secretaries, and secretaries of the Institution -- Select biographical dictionary of surveyors and their associates: concise biographies -- knighthoods awarded to members of the Institution
520			_aPublished to mark the centenary of RICS this book provides a comprehensive history of the surveying profession and RICS' first 100 years. The text includes useful historical statistics for surveying and RICS members and reproductions of key documents.
651		4	_aUnited Kingdom _y
690			_aABOUT RICS
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948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c95483 _d95483