Overview

How did the Columbian Exchange transform diets around the world? Why did expanding global trade hurt textile workers in India? In what circumstances did the COVID-19 virus become a global pandemic? Panorama explores these questions by following the journey of humankind in a global context, weaving a world-scale narrative with a single chronological thread. It empowers you to connect the regional histories of particular states, empires, and cultural traditions to larger patterns of change on hemispheric and global scales—examining migratory movements, networks of trade, the spread of religions, pandemics, and environmental transformations. Richly illustrated with 120 images and 50 maps, this new edition is organized into four chronological parts, each covering a defined era in world history. Volume 2 starts in the mid-fifteenth century CE and surveys up to the present day. Each chapter includes dedicated learning features: · “Individuals Matter” presents biographical sketches of individuals, both notable historical figures and ordinary people, whose lives in some way illuminate the chapter’s main developments. · “Weighing the Evidence” asks you to analyse and interpret primary sources, either texts or visual artifacts. · “Thinking about the Past with Global and Comparative Themes” encourages you to examine the threads of change that cut across global space and time. · “Thinking History” questions help consolidate your knowledge, and “Reflecting on the Past” questions invite you to contemplate broader chapter themes. · In-margin definitions of words and phrases help build key vocabulary. With its unique global narrative, chronological storytelling and exceptional features, Panorama provides a clear framework to analyse and engage with the changes, continuities, and anomalies in our world’s past—and their impact on the present.

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Author:   Ross Edmunds Dunn (San Diego State University, USA) ,  Urmi Engineer Willoughby (Pitzer College, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781350434257

ISBN 10:   1350434256
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Earth, World History’s Theater The Big Land Masses: The Main Stage of History Moving Land Masses Seven Continents, or Only Five? Afroeurasia The Tropical Belt The Northern Latitudes of Temperate Climate Afroeurasia’s Mountain Spine The Eleven Seas Rivers Australia North and South America Connecting the Americas The America’s Long Cordillera Rivers and Seas The Oceans Conclusion Chapter 15: Calamities and Recoveries across Afroeurasia, 1300-1500 Environmental Crises of the Fourteenth Century Downpour and Drought The Great Pestilence Crises in the Political and Social Realms China: The Collapse of Mongol Rule Political and Economic Troubles in the Central Muslim Lands Europe in the Aftermath of the Black Death Fifteenth-Century Recuperation Technologies for the Future Ming China: New Prosperity and a Maritime Thrust South Asia: A Steadier Course of Change Astronomy and Empire Building in the Central Muslim Lands The Meaning of Recovery in Europe Conclusion Chapter 16: Oceans Crossed, Worlds Connected, 1450-1550 On the Eve of the Great World Convergence Changes in the Afroeurasian Trade Network The Eastern Atlantic Rim States in the Americas The Birth of the Atlantic World Changing Maritime Technology Europeans and Tropical Africans: Early Encounters Crossing and Connecting Oceans American Catastrophes American Death and the Columbian Exchange The End of the Aztec Empire Assault on the Inca Empire The Europeans have a “labor problem” Spanish Empire-Building The Portuguese Claim to Brazil New Power Relations in the Southern Seas To Capture the Spice Trade The Trans-Pacific Link Conclusion Chapter 17: Afroeurasia and Its Powerful States, 1500-1600 Afroeurasia’s Political Panorama The Big Three Muslim States The Ottoman Empire’s Dramatic Growth The Safavid Empire of Persia Mughal Power in South Asia Russia: From Principality to Empire Japan and the Tokugawa Strong Monarchies in Southeast Asia The European States The Songhay Empire Firearms and State Power New and Deadly Armies The Military Revolution The Limits of Central Power Trends in Religion, Language, and Culture Intellectual and Moral Ferment in China Tension between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims Religious Crisis in Europe Vernacular Languages and the State Languages of Cultural Prestige Conclusion Chapter 18: The Expanding Global Economy: Expectations and Inequalities, 1550-1700 Three Major Global Developments The Worldwide Network Takes Shape Maritime technology and global convergence The new Atlantic and Pacific networks: why only Europeans? The Continuing Columbian Exchange Climate Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Afroeurasia and the Expanding World Economy Western Europe’s Economic Thrust Centuries of Silver in East Asia Asians and Europeans in the Southern Seas The Inner Eurasian Overland Trade The Atlantic Economy: Land, Capital, and Slave Labor The Atlantic Economy and African Slavery Change in Atlantic Africa Central African states and Portuguese intruders West African states Conclusion Chapter 19: The Changing Balance of Wealth and Power, 1650-1750 Empires and Big States Chinese Prosperity and Imperialism Russia from Poland to the Pacific The Spanish Empire in America Europe: Successes and Failures of Absolutism European Settlement and the Fate of Indigenous Peoples Early European Settlers in North America Russian Settlement of Siberia Europeans and Khoisan in South Africa Alternative Visions of God, Nature, and the Universe Scientific Advances The Enlightenment: Rethinking Human Nature and Society The Continuing Growth of Islam and Christianity Conclusion Chapter 20: Waves of Revolution, 1720-1830 World Economy and Politics, 1720-1763 A Commercializing World Troubled Empires in Asia Global Sea Trade and the Eighteenth-Century “World War” Revolutions on the North Atlantic Rim The Global Context of Popular Revolt The War of Independence in North America The French Revolution The Idea of Nationalism The Birth of Haiti The Second Wave: Revolutions in Latin America Colonial Society on the Eve of Rebellion The Wars of Independence Many Young States Conclusion Chapter 21: Energy and Industrialization, 1750-1850 The Energy Revolution The Fuel That Lies Beneath The End of the Biological Old Regime Industry on a New Scale Cotton and the Drift to Industrialization Mines and Machines Working in Factories Was There Something Special about Britain? Social and Environmental Consequences of Early Industrialization Industrialization and Global Exchange in the Early Nineteenth Century The Energy Revolution Takes Hold The Threads of Commerce Free Trade and the New Doctrine of Liberalism Conclusion Chapter 22: Coping with Change in the New Industrial Era, 1830-1870 Waves of Migrants Nineteenth-Century Slave Trade The Outpouring from Europe Neo-Europes and Indigenous Populations South Africa: An Unsuccessful Neo-Europe Migrations from Asia Oceania Connected Groundswells of Political and Social Reform Nationalism and the Power of the People Varieties of Socialism Movements for Women’s Rights Movements for Political Reform and Unification in Europe Modernizing Reforms in Muslim Lands The Limits of Liberalism in Latin America Religion and Reform Global Trends and Religious Change Christian Evangelism Jewish Reform Religious Reform and Revolution in the Muslim World Global Change and the Calamitous Wars of Midcentury The Crimean War and the Industrialization of Violence Paraguay: A War of Annihilation The Taiping Rebellion in China The Great Indian Rebellion The American Civil War Conclusion Chapter 23: Capital, Technology, and the Changing Balance of Global Power, 1860-1914 The Spread of Steam-Powered Industry Wealthy Britain Industrial Hubs in Europe and the United States Smokestacks in Russia The Meiji Restoration and Japanese Industry Industrialization on Smaller Scales: Gains and Disappointments Capitalism’s Global Reach The Worldwide Communication Grid Feeding Industrial Societies Rich Regions, Poor Regions The Lot of the Urban Working Classes Globalizing Business, Technology, and Science European Imperialism and Popular Resistance The Road to Colonialism in Africa and Southeast Asia Why did European Invasions Succeed? Resistance Movements and Their Consequences States That Survived Conclusion Chapter 24: Innovation, Revolution, and Global Crisis, 1890-1920 Turn-of-the-Century Prosperity, 1890-1914 Commerce and Gold Urbanization and Migration Scientific and Technological Advances Global Inequities and Their Consequences Drought and Plague Africa and Southeast Asia under New Colonial Rules Worker Protest and Nationalist Ferment in Europe Five Revolutions The Great War, 1914-1918 Lighting the Fuse A World at War Total War Russia: From War to Revolution Peace and Consequences Conclusion Chapter 25: Turbulent Decades, 1918-1935 Postwar Trends in Society and Culture Population Trends New Ways of Living in the Industrialized World Scientific Challenges to the Knowable Universe Modernity and Moderism Clashing Ideologies in the Political Arena Democratic Hopes The Soviet Union: Communist Authoritarianism Nationalists and Communists in China New Governments on the Political Right Left and Right in Latin America Colonial Rule and its Opponents in Africa and Asia Economy and Society in the Colonial Empires Ways of Ruling Foreign Immigrants in Colonized Lands Colonial Rule Contested The Great Depression and Its Consequences The Steep Descent Depression and the Continuing Trend toward Authoritarian Leaders Conclusion Chapter 26: World War II and Its Aftermath, 1933-1950 Empire Building and Global Crisis Empire of the Sun The Nazi State Italy’s Foreign Aggressions Fascist Dictatorship in Spain The Greatest War The Years of Axis Victory, 1939-1942 The Years of Counteroffensive, 1942-1945 The Second Total War The War beyond the Theaters of War The War and the Global Environment In the Wake of War, 1945-1950 Restoring Stability, Enforcing Justice The Two New Empires World War II and the Challenge to Colonial Empires Communist Victory in China Conclusion Chapter 27: The Global Boom and Its Contradictions, 1945-1975 Population and Economy: An Era of Spectacular Growth Global Population at Its Crest The Postwar Economic Boom Economic Growth in Communist States The Worldwide Lure of Industrialization Cities, Suburbs, and Shantytowns Postwar Consumer Society The Biosphere in Distress The Cold War Wears On The Era of Mutually Assured Destruction The Cold War Goes Global Fights for Freedom and Justice Paths to Independence: Protest and Negotiation Paths to Independence: Insurgency and Revolution Struggles for Stability in Young States High Expectations and Social Protest Conclusion Chapter 28: Countercurrents of Change, 1970-2008 An Electrified World The Era of the Integrated Circuit The Electronics of Transport Computers and the Body Unintended Consequences of Electronic Innovation Countercurrents in the Global Economy The 1970s: An Economic Turning Point Conflicting Capitalist Doctrines Shifting Centers of Economic Power The Persistence of Poverty Migration and the Global Economy Countercurrents in the Search for Global Order The World State System since 1970 A World of Organizations Disorder and Breakdown in an Era of Global Integration Palestinians and Israelis Into the Anthropocene Environment and Environmentalism The Perils of Climate Change Conclusion Chapter 29: 2008-present (In development)

Reviews

Praise for first edition: “Finally, a world history text that puts human history on world time! Focused on humankind as a whole and its interactions over time, Panorama provides a conceptually organized and integrative approach to the human past” * Edmund Burke, University of California, Santa Cruz * ‘Panorama demonstrates the promise of the ‘new world history’, as revealed in the authors’ skilful integration of far-reaching global connections with careful attention to the lives of individuals in specific places. Their discussion of peoples who are often found at the periphery of world history, such as Africans, is certain to push world historians and their students to diversify their historical perspectives"" * Richard Warner, Wabash College * “Students want to understand the order of events, but so often world history begins to look like stacked timelines. Panorama’s format helps to bring global issues and broad themes together.” * Erika Briesacher, Worcester State University, USA * “Teaching students to move among the different scales at which world history is studied is among the biggest challenges, and Panorama is like a storyteller that moves skillfully among them. The narrative flows seamlessly from big-picture views of migration and other movements across land and water, comparison of common phenomena, and details from well-chosen objects, individuals, documents, and art. The most important benefit of a global/chronological view of history is the opportunity to study interactions among societies over time, and Panorama takes full advantage of this strength. Instead of using a regional or civilizational frame and splicing in coverage of interactions, Panorama's narrative integrates it throughout.” * S Douglass, Georgetown University, USA * “I think I’ve finally found a world history textbook that is truly “world” in an intelligent and useful way. It’s readable, its coverage is very good, and it has a clear analytical framework. I particularly like its environmental perspective.” * P. Jestice, College of Charleston, USA * “This is an excellent text. The authors’ categories of analysis, global research, and their years of experience teaching world history are brilliantly displayed. For those of us who have been in the trenches teaching world history, we finally have a masterful global textbook by world history scholars who have extensive experience teaching such courses."" * Elaine Carey, St. John’s University * “What makes Panorama unique is a truly comparative framework that is global in scope within successive eras. It lays a solid foundation for the development of individual societies in the Americas and the Pacific and the cooperative and competitive cultures of Afroeurasia before contact is established in the late 15th century. Then Panorama unfolds a gradual and impressive analysis of human interaction across the globe since that pivotal event."" * Ryan Thompson, Cleveland State Community College, USA * “This is a compelling text that makes me eager to teach World History as soon as possible! Panorama introduces issues of climate and geography to the human story in a truly profound and innovative way"" * Brian Black, Pennsylvania State University *

Author Information

Ross Dunn is Professor Emeritus of History at San Diego State University, USA, where he taught African, Islamic, and world history. He was the first elected president of the World History Association, and he is a recipient of its Pioneers of World History award. Urmi Engineer Willoughby is an Associate Professor of History at Pitzer College, USA. Her research focuses on histories of disease and medicine from a global and ecological perspective. Her first book, Yellow Fever, Race, and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans (2017) was awarded the 2017 Williams Prize for the best book in Louisiana history.

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