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Spurious coin a history of science, management, and technical writing
Record details
- ISBN: 9780585307978 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0585307970 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 204 pages).
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electronic resource - Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Technical writing Technical writing -- United States -- History -- 20th century TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical Writing Electronic books United States |
| Genre: | Electronic books. History. |
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