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
The Ends of the Earth historical work
Geology of California 19th-century book
On the Embassy to Gaius (Legatio ad Gaium)
surface form: On the Embassy to Gaius
historical work
Annals —
Histories —
Agricola
surface form: Agricola (Tacitus)
historical work
After the Deluge historical study
History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison —
America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History —
A People’s History of the United States —
SNCC: The New Abolitionists —
Voices from the Third Reich historical work
North Korean revolutionary tradition historical narrative
A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror historical study
Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State historical study
In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power —
Closer Than Brothers: Manhood at the Philippine Military Academy historical study
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq —
All the Shah’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror —
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala —
The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War —
A Thousand Hills: Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It political history book
Who Were the Shudras? historical study
Dereliction of Duty —
Road to Disaster: A New History of America’s Descent into Vietnam —
Pandora’s Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb —
Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires historical study
Record of Ancient Matters historical text
The Fall of Japan —
The Tashkent Crisis —
Geschichte der Philologie historical study
The French Revolution: A History historical work
Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War —
History of the Administration of President Lincoln historical work
Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force historical study
United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense historical study
Islamic biographical literature (sira) historical writing
The Shattered Crystal Ball —
On the Brink: Americans and Soviets Reexamine the Cuban Missile Crisis historical study
Sad and Luminous Days: Cuba’s Struggle with the Superpowers after the Missile Crisis historical study
Det norske Folks Historie —
Black Reconstruction in America —
Women, Race, & Class historical study
Saunterings 19th-century book
Cuba on the Brink: Castro, the Missile Crisis, and the Soviet Collapse —
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe historical work
A Treatise on the Forces which Produce the Organization of Plants 19th-century book
Congressional Record primary historical source
Le Règne Animal 19th-century book
The Longest War: The Iran–Iraq Military Conflict —