| Description |
x, 320 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
ATTW contemporary studies in technical communication ; v. 7
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
How natural philosophers can cooperate : the literary technology of coordinated investigation in Joseph Priestley's History and present state of electricity / Charles Bazerman -- 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 -- Emergence of women technical writers in the 17th century : changing voices within a changing milieu / Elizabeth Tebeaux -- Plain style in scientific and technical writing / Merrill D. Whitburn ... [et al.] -- 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 -- 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 -- Studies in the history of business and technical writing : a bibliographical essay / William Rivers. |
| Subject |
Communication of technical information -- History.
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Technical writing -- History.
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| Added Author |
Kynell-Hunt, Teresa.
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Moran, Michael G.
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| ISBN |
1567503942 (pbk.) |
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1567503934 |
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