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 Timeline History of India historical work
The Essential Iraq
Memoirs and reminiscences of Concord and the Emerson family historical work
Out Where the West Begins (as publisher/author credit on historical works)
surface form: Out Where the West Begins
historical work
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
Madness and Civilization historical study
Lives of the Necromancers historical work
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse 18th-century book
American Negro Slave Revolts
Tables of the Four Inner Planets 19th-century book
Chach Nama historical chronicle
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
The Blood of Guatemala historical study
Empire’s Workshop
The Empire of Necessity
Kissinger’s Shadow
The End of the Myth
The War: from the Landing at Gallipoli to the Death of Lord Raglan historical work
History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations 1494–1514
History of the Popes historical study
History of the Reformation in Germany historical study
History of England historical work
Universal History historical work
Handbuch der Naturgeschichte 18th-century book
Voyages of Samuel de Champlain historical work
The Outline of History
Principles of Descriptive and Physiological Botany 19th-century book
Geschichte des Altertums historical work
Die Entstehung des Judentums historical study
Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der griechischen und römischen Antike
Histoire de l’internationalisme historical study
Science Awakening history of mathematics book
History of Woman Suffrage historical work
Charles Merivale
surface form: History of the Romans under the Empire
A Social History of the State of Missouri
The Diary of Samuel Pepys primary historical source
Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Rise to Greatness: The History of Canada
Letters of Vincent van Gogh from Arles primary historical source
Zizhi Tongjian chronicle
The Birth of Britain
Camelot era historical narrative
Politicians and the War
The Decline and Fall of Lloyd George historical work
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain historical chronicle
Persia and the Persian Question historical study
Entertaining Passages relating to Philip's War historical narrative
Books of Chronicles historical work
1 Maccabees historical narrative