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Architectural Graphic Standards by Charles George Ramsey and Harold Reeve Sleeper, first published in 1932 (and now in its eleventh edition), is a definitive technical reference for architects—the one book that every architect needs to own. The authors, one a draftsman and the other an architect, created a graphic compilation of standards that amounted to an index of the combined knowledge of their profession. This first comprehensive history of Ramsey and Sleeper's classic work explores the changing practical uses that this "draftsman's Bible" has served, as well as the ways in which it has registered the shifts within the architectural profession since the first half of the twentieth century. When Architectural Graphic Standards first appeared, architecture was undergoing its transition from vocation to profession—from the draftsman's craft to the architect's academically based knowledge, with a concomitant rise in social status. The older "drafting culture" gave way to massive postwar changes in design and building practice.

Writing a history of the architectural profession from the bottom up—from the standpoint of the architectural draftsman—George Barnett Johnston clarifies the role and status of the subordinate architectural workers who once made up the base of the profession. Johnston's account of the evolution of Ramsey and Sleeper's book also offers a case study of the social hierarchies embedded within architecture's division of labor. Johnston investigates what became of the draftsman and of drafting culture, and asks—importantly, in today's era of digital formats—what price is exacted from architectural labor as architecture pursues new professional ideals..
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This book meets the requirements for a High School or College beginning drafting class. Written in an easy-to-follow approach, it can be used for individual study or class-room setting to prepare the student for advanced board drafting or CAD drafting. The book stays 'on the subject' to teach the basic principles and techniques of mechanical drawing. It introduces the instruments and explains their use before proceeding through the topics, one by one, of lettering, orthographic projection, measuring and scaling, dimensioning, sectioning, pictorial drawings, and sketching. There are ample practice exercises included in the book..
Price: $40.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]

Legislative Drafter's Deskbook provides practical advice on drafting to anyone who does, or may, engage in drafting, and provides insight into the drafting process to other interested people. It is also for people who are more interested in policy than in drafting, but want to understand why legislative drafters operate the way they do. It is also for people who are more interested in reading and interpreting the law than in drafting, but want to understand why laws are drafted the way they are..
Price: $170.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]

The Legislative Drafter's Desk Reference is a practical guide to the drafting of federal and state laws for law and public policy students, and legal, lobbying, and legislative professionals. It contains a treasure trove of information that sets forth solid drafting principles in language that is easy to understand. It offers an introduction to the concept and the process of bill drafting along with step-by-step details of all the issues associated with crafting legislative bills or agency regulations.
The new and updated second edition captures how the work of legislative drafting has changed dramatically since the first edition because of the impact of word processing and the Internet in the drafting process. It features:
Chapter length treatments of the issues associated with crafting bill preliminaries, provisions, amendatory provisions, and style and usage.
Discussion of emerging issues such as pay/go, budget, appropriations procedures, practical political realities, court treatment of statutory construction principles, and other factors that have emerged to make the process of drafting and amending legislation more complex
Helpful compare/contrast exercises derived from poorly drafted bills Coverage of new issues such as the unintended consequences of legislation and how to make technical corrections to statutes
New material on drafting regulations for federal and state executive branch personnel.
Price: $95.00 [Notify me when price goes down.]