history book

C926
concept

A history book is a written work that systematically records, analyzes, and interprets past events, societies, and developments to explain how they have shaped the present.

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All labels observed (49)

Label Occurrences
history book canonical 416
historical study 276
historical work 271

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: history book
Generated description
A history book is a written work that systematically records, analyzes, and interprets past events, societies, and developments to explain how they have shaped the present.

Instances (1,350)

Instance Via concept surface
How Everyone Became Depressed historical study
Shock Therapy —
Embassy to Gaius historical narrative
Book I
surface form: Book I (Herodotus, Histories)
historical narrative
Gibbon
surface form: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
historical work
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire historical work
From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans —
Yuga Purana historical text
The Life of King of Kings David historical narrative
A True & Faithful Relation of What Passed for Many Yeers Between Dr. John Dee and Some Spirits primary historical source
Tales from the Gangster Squad —
The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America —
Three Generations historical work
Le Salut 1944–1946 historical work
The Way of Holiness 19th-century book
The History of the Standard Oil Company historical study
The Tariff in Our Times historical study
The History of the Republican Party historical work
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide —
Armies of the Night historical narrative
Histories of the Spanish–American War historical literature
The China Mission: George Marshall’s Unfinished War, 1945–1947 historical study
The Life of Lorenzo de’ Medici, Called the Magnificent historical study
The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth historical monograph
The Winter Fortress —
The People Named the Chippewa —
Millikan’s School: A History of the California Institute of Technology historical study
The Volterra Chronicles: The Life and Times of an Extraordinary Mathematician 1860–1940 historical study
Einstein’s Italian Mathematicians: Ricci, Levi-Civita, and the Birth of General Relativity historical study
Science at Caltech: Seventy-Five Years of Achievement historical study
Caltech’s Architectural Heritage: From Spanish Tile to Modern Stone historical study
Men Who Are Making America business history book
American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson 19th-century book
Iconografia della fauna italica 19th-century book
Specchio comparativo delle ornithologie di Roma e di Filadelfia 19th-century book
We Are Soldiers Still —
A History of New York historical narrative
Diplomacy —
Seven Great Statesmen in the Warfare of Humanity with Unreason historical study
Canna: The Story of a Hebridean Island historical study
Manual of Political Economy 19th-century book
Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam —
Ancient Judaism historical study
The Art of Playing on the Violin 18th-century book
The Sugar Islands —
Histoire des sciences et des savants depuis deux siècles historical study
The History of Rationalism historical study
Short History of the Christian Church —
Impartial History of the Church and Heretics ecclesiastical history
The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War —