{"product_id":"panorama-a-world-history-ross-edmunds-dunn-9781350434257","title":"Panorama, a World History: Volume 2: 1450 to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow did the Columbian Exchange transform diets around the world? Why did expanding global trade hurt textile workers in India?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn what circumstances did the COVID-19 virus become a global pandemic?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePanorama\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter includes dedicated learning features: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- \"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.\u003cbr\u003e- \"Weighing the Evidence\" asks you to analyse and interpret primary sources, either texts or visual artifacts.\u003cbr\u003e- \"Thinking about the Past with Global and Comparative Themes\" encourages you to examine the threads of change that cut across global space and time. \u003cbr\u003e- \"Thinking History\" questions help consolidate your knowledge, and \"Reflecting on the Past\" questions invite you to contemplate broader chapter themes. \u003cbr\u003e- In-margin definitions of words and phrases help build key vocabulary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith its unique global narrative, chronological storytelling and exceptional features, \u003ci\u003ePanorama\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ross Edmunds Dunn,Urmi Engineer Willoughby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350434256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350434257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.00d","brand":"Ross Edmunds Dunn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48137227763967,"sku":"9781350434257","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd4db141-02f8-4676-9865-ed7258eb5f85.jpg?v=1770167421","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/panorama-a-world-history-ross-edmunds-dunn-9781350434257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}