Within the framework of New Literacy Studies, Dirk Remley presents a historical study of how technical communication practices at a World War II arsenal sponsored literacy within the community in which it operated from 1940 to 1960 and contemporary implications of similar forms of sponsorship.

Dirk Remley has taught business writing and technical writing courses for over 20 years at Kent State University, where he also earned a PhD in rhetoric and composition. His publications pertain to literacy practices and writing pedagogies, particularly those connected to workplace communication. He has published work in the Community Literacy Journal, Across the Disciplines, Computers and Composition Online, Computers and Composition, and Writing and Pedagogy, in addition to multiple handbook chapters. He has also made presentations at numerous national conferences.

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER 1. Introduction

CHAPTER 2. Methodology and Issues in Historical Research

CHAPTER 3. Historical Context

CHAPTER 4. Training Within Industry: Sponsored Multimodal Technical Communication

CHAPTER 5. Training Practices, the Accident, and Sponsorship Implications

CHAPTER 6. Other Literacies at Work

CHAPTER 7. Literacy in the Community and Home

CHAPTER 8. Current Applications of Training Within Industry: Continued Sponsorship of Technical Communication

CHAPTER 9. Workplace Communication and Implications of Sponsorship

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