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)

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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
Mingshi (History of Ming)
surface form: Mingshi
historical text
De geschiedenis van de Nederlandse slavernij in 50 voorwerpen —
Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political Conflict, and London’s Overseas Traders, 1550–1653 historical study
Property and Progress: The Historical Origins and Social Foundations of Self-Sustaining Growth —
Skálholtsannáll historical chronicle
Flateyjarannáll historical chronicle
Descriptiones animalium 18th-century book
1 Kings Historical book
Books of Samuel historical text
A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House political history book
The Crisis of the Old Order historical study
The Cycles of American History —
“Von Deutschland aus”
surface form: Von Deutschland aus
historical book
Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy —
Ezra–Nehemiah historical narrative
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
surface form: The Jewish War
historical work
Register of the Order of the Garter chronicle
Davila
surface form: Historia delle guerre civili di Francia
historical work
History of the Florentine People historical work
Physiological Botany 19th-century book
Nihon Shoki historical chronicle
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era —
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution —
The Guns of August —
Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century historical work
"The Epic of Travancore"
surface form: The Epic of Travancore
historical study
The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth-Century History historical study
An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries —
Oriental Revolution historical work
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America —
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 —
The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972 —
Serindia historical study
The Radicalism of the American Revolution historical study
Operations in the Peninsular War —
Khwaday-Namag historical chronicle
Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History historical book
Historical and Political Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion historical work
His Holiness: John Paul II and the History of Our Time —
Annals of the World chronological history
The Nixon Defense —
Defeat Into Victory military history book
Administration of the Philippines as military governor historical work
Ecological Imperialism historical study
America’s Forgotten Pandemic —
Germs, Seeds and Animals historical work
Throwing Fire historical study
The Measure of Reality historical study
Children of the Sun historical work
History of England historical work