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The origins of the art and practice of professional writing : the written word as a tool for social justice then and now
Title
The origins of the art and practice of professional writing : the written word as a tool for social justice then and now / Kathryn Rosser Raign.
ISBN
9781438497280
1438497288
9781438497303
Publication
Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2024]
Physical Description
xviii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Explores the origins of written communication to offer a counter-history to the separation of rhetoric/composition and technical/professional communication"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 09, 2024
Series
SUNY series, studies in technical communication
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : expanding the history and purpose of technical communication
Cylinder seals : written communication's first technological breakthrough
Ancient technical manuals and letters : the origins of instructional writing
Finding our missing pieces : women technical writers in ancient Mesopotamia
De-centering the history of the writing center : a case for the Mesopotamian
Mythos, nomos, logos : evidence of sophistic reasoning before the sophists
Myth, magic, and medicine : medical writing in ancient Mesopotamia
Writing as social justice.
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