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
Essays on the History of the Ukrainian People historical work
Rethinking the Holocaust
Jews for Sale? Nazi–Jewish Negotiations, 1933–1945 historical study
Tzu-chih T’ung-chien chronological history
Histoire de la Révolution française historical work
Histoire du Consulat et de l’Empire historical work
A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity history of mathematics book
Chen Shou
surface form: Records of the Three Kingdoms
historical text
Pararaton historical chronicle
New History of the Five Dynasties official history
Xin Wudai Shi (新五代史)
surface form: Xin Wudai Shi
official history
A History of the Holocaust
The Holocaust in Historical Perspective
Guoyu historical narrative
Junshi
surface form: Zizhi Tongjian
historical chronicle
1867: Disraeli, Gladstone and Revolution historical study
The Impact of Labour, 1920–1924 historical study
Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England historical study
Tiryns: The Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns historical study
Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans historical study
Foundations of Christianity historical study
Europe and the Faith historical study
History of Mongolia national history
Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer
Prisoners of Hope: The Silver Age of the Italian Jews, 1924–1974 historical study
The Obstructed Path: French Social Thought in the Years of Desperation, 1930–1960 historical study
The Sea Change: The Migration of Social Thought, 1930–1965 historical study
Chronicles of Jean Froissart chronicle
The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul 18th-century book
Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of the Honourable Col. James Gardiner 18th-century book
Sallust's Bellum Catilinae historical monograph
Liber annalis historical work
The Sorrows of Belgium: Liberation and Political Reconstruction, 1944–1947
Western Europe’s Democratic Age, 1945–1968 historical study
Europe’s 1968: Voices of Revolt historical study
Expugnatio Hibernica historical narrative
Commentaries on the Civil War historical work
The Story of Alabama
Alabama: A Social and Economic History of the State
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri historical text
Pork Chop Hill (book by S. L. A. Marshall)
surface form: Pork Chop Hill
military history book
Ming Shilu historical text
The Air Raid Warden Was a Spy
Top Secret Tales of World War II
Daring Missions of World War II
Blood and Thunder
On Desperate Ground
A Time for Trumpets military history book
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth historical work
Memoirs of the Court of Charles the First historical work