| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 204 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| 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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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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? -- Utility of Experiential Knowledge -- Development of Public Science -- Reforming Scholasticism -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Technical writing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Technical writing. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Longo, Bernadette, 1949- Spurious coin. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000 0791445550 (DLC) 99038253 (OCoLC)41646094 |
| ISBN |
0585307970 (electronic book) |
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9780585307978 (electronic book) |
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