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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kathryn Rosser RaignPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438497280ISBN 10: 1438497288 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 01 April 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsList of Illustration Acknowledgments Preface Prologue Introduction: Expanding the History and Purpose of Technical Communication 1. Cylinder Seals: Written Communication's First Technological Breakthrough 2. Ancient Technical Manuals and Letters: The Origins of Instructional Writing 3. Finding Our Missing Pieces: Women Technical Writers in Ancient Mesopotamia 4. Decentering the History of the Writing Center: A Case for the Mesopotamian Edubba as an Early Writing Center 5. Mythos, Nomos, Logos: Evidence of Sophistic Reasoning before the Sophists 6. Myth, Magic, and Medicine: Medical Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia 7. Writing as Social Justice Notes Bibliography IndexReviews"""Broadens not only our understanding of the origins of writing and communicating for technical purposes, but the significant role women played in this development as among the first professional writers. The study of the ancient Mesopotamian school for scribes is a way to understand one counter-history of writing centers and classrooms—and will help to erase the artificial barrier that has been erected between them."" — Jennifer Phillips-Denny, Write Site, Texas Woman's University" Author InformationKathryn Rosser Raign is Associate Professor of English at the University of North Texas. She is the coauthor of Write and Communicate Like a Professional and coauthor of Writing for Result. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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