Does Clio Have a Place in Technical Writing? Considering Patents in a History of Technical Communica...

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Beteiligte: Brockmann, R. John
In: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 18, 1988, 4, S. 297-304
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 297-304
ISSN: 0047-2816
1541-3780
DOI: 10.2190/cr5w-cqut-0t7f-keu9
veröffentlicht in: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> Technical writers need a historical perspective in order to distinguish between enduring and transitory writing standards, to understand the variety of past styles in building future styles, and to give the profession a better sense of self-identity. To overcome the problems in developing a historical perspective, such as a dearth of artifacts to examine and the peculiarities in rhetorical time and place which undercut attempts to generalize on historical information, the 200 year-old federal collection of patents is offered as a solution. This collection of patents is also very often the only remaining written work of the ordinary mechanic of the nineteenth century, and this collection truly reflects technical not legal, business, or science writing. </jats:p>