Technical Communication
Connors, R. J., & amp; RJ, C. (1982). The rise of technical writing instruction in
America.
This article was written by Robert J. Connors, a respectable historian in the United States. This article was effectively written to discuss the rise of technical writing instructions in America. The book argues that history has shaped the decisions that historians make. According to Connors, history is a field contributed to by many grand narratives that all the historians have contributed towards. According to the book, it has taken countless years for technical writing to be embraced in colleges and schools. The history of technical writing instruction in America dates back to 1860. This was before the civil war, and most schools and colleges in the country had not embraced technical writing. After implementing Morrill’s Acts of 1862 and 1877, new colleges were established in the country and supported different curriculums in the early 19th century. As the 19th century came into its last half, modern languages and mathematics started replacing the ancient Greek classics and this led to an increase in technical fields. At the beginning of the 20th century, many people became aware of the need for technical writing.The majority of the graduates in engineering could not write a coherent and well-informed engineering article; this made students embrace more technical writing disciplines forcing colleges to implement the disciplines.
Rutter, R. (1991). History, rhetoric, and humanism: Toward a more comprehensive definition of technical communication. Journal of technical writing and communication, 21(2), 133 153.
Russell Rutter wrote this book about the history, rhetoric, and humanism geared towards a comprehensive definition of technical communication. This book concentrated more on technical writing and communication. According to Rutter, the history of technical writing can be summarized in three parts: the classical period, Renaissance, and the 19th century; these three stages highlight the history of technical communication. Rutter presents the classical period relation to Plato, Aristotle, and Quintilian. The writer presents these three figures as having been rhetoric about technical communication. While Plato claimed that abuse of rhetoric is found in practice but not in knowledge of the practice. While his Disciple, Aristotle claims that people speak out of familiarity or randomly. According to Rutter, Quintilian, the Greek Rhetoric teacher, believes that no man is accomplished in their eloquence. I believe that this book did a great job analyzing the history, rhetoric, and humanism of technical communication.
Durack, K. T. (1997). Gender, technology, and the history of technical communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 6(3), 249-260.
The book “Gender, Technology and the History of Technical Communication” was written by Katherine T. Durack. She effectively explained how technical communication has evolved over the years and how it has impacted gender and technology. According to Durack, women were restricted from taking care of children and their homes. Still, as went by and technical communication started gaining popularity, more women have been engaged in technical communications. Similarly, computers such as desktops have been developed to make computations and analysis of large data easy.