Sharon L. Snyder
Contributor
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago. Her contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Disability (2006) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (2)
Modernity, the self-definition of a generation about its own technological innovation, governance, and socioeconomics. To participate in modernity was to conceive of one’s society as engaging in organizational and knowledge advances that make one’s immediate predecessors appear antiquated or, at…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Disability, 5 volume set (October 2005)
SAGE Reference is proud to announce the five-volume Encyclopedia of Disability. This encyclopedia represents the first attempt to bring an authoritative reference resource to the many faces of disability. More than 500 world-renowned scholars have written over 1,000 entries ―in a clear, accessible style―with the desire to bring all students, researchers, and interested readers closer to the daily experience of disability. Volumes 1 - 4 cover disability A to Z, including a reader′s...
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