Bernadette Longo is Assistant Professor of English at Clemson University.

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