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 Devil in the White City historical narrative
Ages in Chaos historical work
Memoirs of the Court of King James the First historical work
Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second historical work
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America's Soul
White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret historical nonfiction book
Thirty Years: Lincoln Kirstein’s The New York City Ballet historical study
The Beauty and the Sorrow
Ofredsår historical work
Stridens skönhet och sorg
Silvermasken historical work
Den oövervinnerlige historical work
Florus’s Epitome of Roman History historical work
Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie 19th-century book
New York of Yesterday historical book
Fifth Avenue Old and New historical work
The Army Medical Services (British official history)
The War at Sea (British official history) official history
The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany (British official history)
surface form: The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany
official history
The War in France and Flanders (British official history)
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
History of the Reformation in Scotland historical work
Book of Jin official history
chronicles of Edward Hall
surface form: Chronicles of Edward Hall
chronicle
The Life and Times of Chaucer historical study
Africa and the Discovery of America historical study
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam
Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam
America’s Cold War: The Politics of Insecurity historical study
Sundanese chronicles chronicle
Anabasis military history work
Hellenica
History of the Peloponnesian War historical work
Book of Liang official history
Chemical Problems and Reactions 19th-century book
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945
Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger historical study
Over Here: The First World War and American Society
Mrs. Lincoln’s Boston Cook Book 19th-century book
Book of Chen official history
Book of Northern Qi official history
The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism historical study
Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider historical study
The Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud historical study
Education of the Senses historical study
The Cultivation of Hatred historical study
Pleasure Wars historical study
Roman History
surface form: Roman History (Appian)
historical work
Historia Romana historical work