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Three Keys to the Past
The History of Technical Communication
Three Keys to the Past
The History of Technical Communication
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With an emphasis on key individuals and key movements, this book is the first attempt to provide a collection of critical essays on the history of technical communication designed to help guide future research. This collection consists of the classic; essays in the field that have made a major contribution to the development of the field, and the new; essays that contribute to our historical understanding of a specific element or period of technical communication. This, combined with an up-to-date bibliography of research in the area, make Three Keys to the Past as valuable to the experienced researcher in the field as to those just entering it.
Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I: KEY INDIVIDUALS IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Landmark Essay: How Natural Philosophers Can Cooperate: The Literacy Technology of Coordinated Investigation in Joseph Priestley's History and Present State of Electricity, Charles Bazerman
Landmark Essay: Francis Bacon and the Historiography of Scientific Rhetoric, James P. Zappen
Oliver Evans and His Antebellum Wrestling with Rhetorical Arrangement, R. John Brockmann
Sada A. Harbarger's Contribution to Technical Communication in the 1920s, Teresa Kynell
PART II: KEY EUROPEAN MOVEMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
The Emergence of Women Technical Writers in the 17th Century: Changing Voices Within a Changing Milieu, Elizabeth Tebeaux
Landmark Essay: The Plain Style in Scientific and Technical Writing, Merrill D. Whitburn
Deconstructing Depression: A Historical Study of the Metaphorical Aspects of an Illness, Henrietta Nickels Shirk
Renaissance Surveying Techniques and the 1590 Hariot-White-de Bry Map of Virginia, Michael G. Moran
PART III: KEY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Landmark Essay: The Rise of Technical Writing Instruction in America, Robert J. Connors
Interfacing: Multiple Visions of Computer Use in Technical Communication, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Stuart A. Selber and Cynthia L. Selfe
Refining a Social Consciousness: Late 20th Century Influences, Effects, and Ongoing Struggles in Technical Communication, Jo Allen
PART IV: BIBLIOGRAPHY IN THE HISTORY OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Studies in the History of Business and Technical Writing: A Bibliographical Essay, William Rivers
Author Index
Subject Index.
Product details
| Published | 17 Feb 1999 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 332 |
| ISBN | 9781567503937 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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