A Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~crmiller/Publications/Humanistic79.pdf
  peer-reviewed

Miller, Carolyn R.
North Carolina State University
1979

Abstract:

A discussion of how to argue that technical writing has humanistic value. Reviewing the common belief (at least in 1979) that tech writing was of necessity a 'skills' course, this article counters the traditional 'plain style' rhetorical theory by suggesting possibilities for professional and theoretical alternatives for the field.