Introduction : expanding the history and purpose of technical communication -- Cylinder seals : written communication's first technological breakthrough -- Ancient technical manuals and letters : the origins of instructional writing -- Finding our missing pieces : women technical writers in ancient Mesopotamia -- De-centering the history of the writing center : a case for the Mesopotamian -- Mythos, nomos, logos : evidence of sophistic reasoning before the sophists -- Myth, magic, and medicine : medical writing in ancient Mesopotamia -- Writing as social justice.
Summary:
"Explores the origins of written communication to offer a counter-history to the separation of rhetoric/composition and technical/professional communication"-- Provided by publisher.
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