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.

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
The History of the University of Cambridge historical work
Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West—One Meal at a Time
The History of the University of Oxford historical work
The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918
The Origins of the Second World War
English History 1914–1945
Burma in the Family of Nations historical study
The Fall of Feudalism in Ireland historical work
The Story of Texas historical narrative
The Town That Was Murdered
Baburnama historical text
The Faith: A History of Christianity
The Russian Century
A History of Burma
Memorials of His Time historical work
Essays on the Russian Time of Troubles
Appian’s Roman History historical work
China’s Catholics historical study
Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
surface form: Ab Urbe Condita
historical work
Scars of War, Wounds of Peace: The Israeli–Arab Tragedy
A Front Without a Rearguard: A Study of the Spanish Army in the Peninsular War historical study
史記 史書
Grand Scribe’s Records historical text
Legacy of Ashes
Pictish Chronicle chronicle
Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks historical work
Johnson’s Life of London popular history book
Shrouds of Glory
Patriotic Fire
The Crimson Tide: An Illustrated History of Football at the University of Alabama sports history book
The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II
The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight historical book
History of the Romans under the Empire historical work
Hànshū official history
Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government historical chronicle
The Decision to Go to the Moon historical study
John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon
Zhan Guo Ce historical text
chronicles of Alain Chartier
surface form: Chronicles of Alain Chartier
historical writing
Zuo Zhuan narrative history
Bamboo Annals historical text
After Apollo? Richard Nixon and the American Space Program
君實
surface form: 資治通鑑
historical chronicle
Destiny in the Desert: The Road to El Alamein
Gandhi's Truth historical study
Thunder, Flush and Thomas Crapper
Memoirs of the American Revolution historical work
History of Ukraine-Rus' historical study
Illustrated History of Ukraine