Writing Postindustrial Places - Technoculture Amid the Cornfields

Exploring the relationship between postindustrial writing and developments in energy production, manufacturing, and agriculture, Salvo shows how technological and industrial innovation relies on communicative and organizational suppleness. He demonstrates the ways technical communicators formulate opportunities that link resources with need.

List of contents

Foreword: Studying Durable Networks

1. Writing Working Futures (Introduction)

2. Iterative Manufacturing in Indiana

3. Hybrid Industrial Agriculture in Illinois

4. Recycling Expertise in Ohio’s Automotive Triangle

5. Ludington Pumped Storage in Michigan

6. Homegrown Innovation in Indiana

Conclusion

About the author

Michael J. Salvo is Associate Professor of English and Director of Professional Writing at Purdue University.

Summary

Exploring the relationship between postindustrial writing and developments in energy production, manufacturing, and agriculture, Salvo shows how technological and industrial innovation relies on communicative and organizational suppleness. He demonstrates the ways technical communicators formulate opportunities that link resources with need.

Product details

• Authors: Michael J Salvo, Michael J. Salvo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367882358
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88235-8
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Routledge Studies in Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, HISTORY / Social History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Technology: general issues, Communication Studies, Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history