Power and Legitimacy in Technical Communication - Baywood's Technical Communications Series

Teresa Kynell-Hunt, Gerald J. Savage

Hardback (15 Jun 2003)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Power and Legitimacy in Technical Communication, Volume I: The Historical and Contemporary Struggle for Professional Status evaluates the historical and contemporary factors that have shaped the professionalization of the discipline of technical communication in the United States. The book focuses on the development of social status for the field, development of a professional consciousness, and ways in which those in the evolving discipline have dealt and continue to deal with issues of legitimacy in both the workplace and academe.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780895032461
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	15 Jun 2003
DEWEY:	808.0666
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	250
Weight:	476g
Height:	228mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	19mm