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
Babad Tanah Jawi historical text
Russia and History’s Turning Point historical work
Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander historical work
Persian chronicles of the Mongol Empire narrative history
Gesta Episcoporum Mettensium ecclesiastical history
Annals of Ulster primary historical source
The Origins of the Inquisition in Fifteenth Century Spain historical study
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean 18th-century book
Essai sur les mœurs et l’esprit des nations historical work
History of the Franks historical chronicle
Linear B inscriptions primary historical source
Zosimus' "New History"
surface form: New History
historical work
Chronicle of Morea historical narrative
The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom historical study
Our Age historical study
The Dons historical study
The Curious Strength of Positivism in English Political Thought historical study
Letters on the Eastern States historical work
Ain-i Akbari historical chronicle
Isami
surface form: Futuh-us-Salatin
historical chronicle
History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America historical work
Saga of Magnus Barefoot historical narrative
royal chronicles of Burma
surface form: Royal Chronicles of Burma
historical chronicle
Chronography (Book 1) historical chronicle
Julius Africanus
surface form: Chronographiai
universal history
Jerome's Chronicon chronological history
Chronicon chronicle
Chronicle of Eusebius chronicle
The Olympic Games: Being a Short History of the Olympic Movement from 1896 to 1906 sports history book
Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History church history
History of Chile national history
Magnalia Christi Americana ecclesiastical history
Achaemenid royal inscriptions primary historical source
Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis 18th-century book
Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy 19th-century book
Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture historical study
German Social Democracy, 1905–1917: The Development of the Great Schism historical study
A History of Venice
Byzantium: The Apogee historical work
Byzantium: The Decline and Fall historical work
The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean
Sicily: A Short History from the Greeks to Cosa Nostra
Securing the Old Northwest for the United States historical work
Storia d'Italia historical work
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom historical study
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Washington Goes to War
Asimov's Chronology of the World
Guns, Germs, and Steel
History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution