| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 204 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication |
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SUNY series, Studies in scientific and technical communication.
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| Contents |
Introduction--Transforming Language into Science -- What Is Science? What Is Technology? -- Minting the Coin of Scientific Knowledge -- How Credit for Scientific Knowledge Is Appraised -- Who Gets Credit? -- What Research Does Not See -- Looking at Technical Writing Through a Cultural Study Frame -- Putting Technical Writing Practices in Cultural Contexts -- Issues in Technical Writing Raised Through Cultural Study -- Technical Writing as the Lingua Franca in a Golden Age of Engineering -- What Kind of Knowledge Gets Deposited in Textbooks? -- The Utility of Experiential Knowledge -- The Development of Public Science -- Reforming Scholasticism -- The Rise of Experiential Knowledge and Technical Education -- John Locke, Language, Property Rights, and Coinage -- Defending Science and Technical Education -- Contributing to a General Fund of Scientific Knowledge -- Knowledge in Textbooks -- Technical Writing Practices in Power and Knowledge Systems -- Engineering Specialized Social Organizations -- Engineering as an Application of Pure Scientific Knowledge -- Designing Systematic Administration for Canals and Railroads -- Engineers Become Managers in Complex Social Organizations -- Engineering Management Systems -- Technical Writing as Management System Control -- Natural and Military Efficiency -- New Communication Technologies Support Systematized Management -- Technical Writing Textbook Codifies Systematized Management -- Technical Writers Mint Counterfeit Scientific Knowledge: Strained Relations between Technical Writers and Engineers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Technical writing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical Writing.
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Technical writing
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
99038253 |
| ISBN |
0585307970 |
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9780585307978 |
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