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 March of Democracy historical work
The Causes of the English Civil War historical study
The Fall of the British Monarchies, 1637–1642 historical study
Unrevolutionary England, 1603–1642 historical study
Holinshed's Chronicles chronicle
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire historical work
The Crisis of Parliaments: English History 1509–1660
Kojiki historical text
book "Gideon's Trumpet" by Anthony Lewis
surface form: Gideon's Trumpet
legal history book
Brut chronicles chronicle
Middle English Brut historical chronicle
Brut y Tywysogion primary historical source
Elements of Analytical Geometry and of the Differential and Integral Calculus 19th-century book
The Rise of the Spanish American Empire historical study
Cassius Dio’s Roman History historical work
Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae 18th-century book
Fascism: A Warning
Hard Call historical book
Histories
surface form: Histories (Timaeus)
historical work
Memoirs of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America historical work
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II historical study
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Leadership in Turbulent Times historical study
Pioneers of France in the New World historical work
La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West historical narrative
The Old Régime in Canada
Montcalm and Wolfe historical work
France and England in North America: Pioneers of France in the New World
France and England in North America: La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West
France and England in North America: Montcalm and Wolfe historical work
The Oligarchy of Venice historical study
Venice and Bonaparte historical study
The Heel of War historical work
The American City historical study
The Oligarchy of Venice: An Essay historical study
The Heel of War: A Study of Modern Italy historical study
What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting
The Senate, 1789–1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate historical work
Histoire de l’astronomie ancienne historical study
Histoire de l’astronomie indienne et orientale 18th-century book
Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi historical narrative
The Morning Breaks: The Trial of Angela Davis historical study
Le Devisement du Monde primary historical source
History of Lithuania national history
Elizabeth: Apprenticeship historical work
Compleat Female Stage Beauty historical work
Histoire du Royaume des Pays-Bas depuis 1814 jusqu’en 1830 historical study
Essai sur le mouvement des partis en Belgique historical study
Histoire de Belgique historical work
De antiquitate Britannicae ecclesiae historical work