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
Νέα Ἱστορία historical work
Book II: Ecclesiarum Clypei historical writing
Man on His Past
The Englishman and His History historical study
The Origins of Modern Science, 1300–1800 historical study
Dictionnaire historique et critique historical work
Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington 19th-century book
An Essay on the Government of Dependencies 19th-century book
An Essay on the Origin and Formation of the Romance Languages 19th-century book
Inquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History historical study
History of the Communist Party of the United States historical study
Outline Political History of the Americas historical work
Number Theory: An Approach through History from Hammurapi to Legendre history of mathematics book
Only Paradoxes to Offer: French Feminists and the Rights of Man historical study
Voyages dans les Alpes 18th-century book
Estoria de España historical chronicle
General estoria universal history
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles historical chronicle
Personal Patronage under the Early Empire historical study
Book of Documents historical text
War Against the Panthers historical work
Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton political history book
Spring and Autumn Annals historical chronicle
Entretiens sur l’architecture 19th-century book
The Dam Busters (book)
surface form: The Dam Busters
A People’s History of American Empire graphic history book
Edessan Chronicle historical text
Polydore Vergil’s "Anglica Historia"
surface form: Anglica Historia
The Chronicles of Hall historical chronicle
Vorlesungen über Geometrie 19th-century book
A Place Among the Nations
Sobibor: A History of a Nazi Death Camp
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator 19th-century book
Julia Ward Howe and the Woman Suffrage Movement historical work
Duel of Eagles military history book
History of Charles XII by Voltaire
surface form: History of Charles XII
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People historical work
A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America historical narrative
The Witches: Salem, 1692 historical nonfiction book
The Founding of New England
The Adams Family of Massachusetts historical work
British military operations in North America, 1756–1757 historical work
Constitutional History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America historical study
Robert Fabyan
surface form: Fabyan's Chronicle
historical chronicle
Basketball: Its Origin and Development sports history book
Sayings records (yulu) of Chan masters primary historical source
Dahomey and the Slave Trade historical study
The Warmth of Other Suns
Critische Dichtkunst 18th-century book