For several centuries the printed word has been a central fact of our political and economic culture. But as this century, now labeled the information age, draws to a close, the printed word seems about to overwhelm us. Jobs in offices have increased as jobs in production have decreased; and, as the products of our econ¬ omy have become more technologically complex, more and more writing is re¬ quired to explain them. Yet, in her article "Toward an Ethnohistory of Writing in American Education,” published in 1981, Shirley Brice Heath could reasonably conclude: “At the present time, in spite of heated discussions about the success of schools in teaching writing, there is almost no systematic description of the functions of writing in the society as a whole or in special groups and subcultures . . .” (44). This volume is intended to increase cultural awareness and to provide new information about the nature of writing in a number of the discourse commu¬ nities central to our economic life. Publisher : New York : Random House Publication date : 1989 Language : English Paperback : 420 pages ISBN-10 : 0075572605 ISBN-13 : 978-0075572602 Link download https://nitro.download/view/B64CE095DA9412Bhttps://nitroflare.com/folder/949760/L00VuZ2xpc2g=
