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Acknowledgments
Introduction—Transforming Language into Science
What Is Science? What Is Technology?
Minting the Coin of Scientific Knowledge
Chapter 1—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
Chapter 2—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
Chapter 3—The Rise of Experiential Knowledge and Technical Education
John Locke, Language, Property Rights, and Coinage
Defending Science and Technical Education
Chapter 4—Contributing to a General Fund of Scientific Knowledge
Knowledge in Textbooks
Technical Writing Practices in Power and Knowledge Systems
Chapter 5—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
Chapter 6—Technical Writing as Management System Control
Natural and Military Efficiency
New Communication Technologies Support Systematized Management
Technical Writing Textbook Codifies Systematized Management
Chapter 7—Technical Writers Mint Counterfeit Scientific Knowledge: Strained Relations between Technical Writers and Engineers
Office Management Becomes a Specialized Field
The Practicality of Engineering in Tension with the Enjoyment of Literature
Technical Writing Moves from Engineering to English
English Embraces Science
Chapter 8—Whose Knowledge Is Powerful?
Toward a Humanistic Technical Writing
Notes
References
Index
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Publié par | State University of New York Press |
Date de parution | 04 mai 2000 |
Nombre de lectures | 0 |
EAN13 | 9780791492703 |
Langue | English |
Poids de l'ouvrage | 22 Mo |
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