Panorama, A World History

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, USA *
"Panorama demonstrates the promise of the ‘new world history’, as revealed in the authors’ skillful 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, USA *
“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, USA *
“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, U