Collocations withhistory
These are words often used in combination withhistory.
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alternate history
She was also a forward-thinking and imaginative person, harboring an interest in horror, science fiction, alternate history, and dystopian fiction.
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architectural history
This is needed, for architectural history started in connoisseurship, with the object extracted from its context, and could only engage a few special cases.
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brief history
A brief history of empowerment of population and rising birth rates.
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browsing history
Web pages can feature content from third-party domains (such as banner ads), which opens up the potential for tracking the user's browsing history.
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chapter of history
I think it is the most pathetic, the most tragic, chapter of history which it is possible to conceive.
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chequered history
No public statement by them makes any comparison with their homeland's still-recent chequered history.
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colourful history
Polar ballooning has a more colourful history than this, full of optimistic proposals and a host of eccentric characters.
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constitutional history
Perhaps inevitably, given the decline of constitutional history as a discipline in recent decades, experts in government and law dominate the volume.
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criminal history
As articles that represent research based on a previously neglected source for criminal history, each one here points to possible future directions for investigation.
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cultural history
If this was so, his major interest was certainly cultural history; but the point of psychoanalysis is precisely its integration of these areas.
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detailed history
Let us now turn to the detailed history and geography of this process of migrant flight.
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distinguished history
These officers have been loth to recommend a change in the functions or character of a unit which has had a long and distinguished history.
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documented history
Eighty-seven of the families had a documented history of maltreatment and 35 of the families lacked such a history.
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dustbin of history
The old-fashioned image of the chiropodist as a trimmer of toenails and a parer of corns has been confined to the dustbin of history.
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ecclesiastical history
How could he presume to write ecclesiastical history without having first studied theology?
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evolutionary history
In other words, evolutionary history tends to repeat itself.
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family history
The family history method using diagnostic criteria : reliability and validity.
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fascinating history
Chapters 6 and 7 provide a fascinating history of the rise of gramophone magazines, and the record reviews which constitute their core.
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geologic history
Here we present the first experimental simulation of atmospheric nitrogen fixation by point discharges in the ground over the whole geologic history.
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geological history
The region has a long and interesting geological history.
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glorious history
Yet, with a few notable exceptions, parasitologists have not had a glorious history of taking account of virtually any aspect of parasite variation.
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history buff
He was a history buff and enjoyed hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool, and pipe collecting.
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history of alcoholism
At the 15-year assessment parents were further questioned concerning their history of alcoholism or alcohol problems and criminal offending.
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history of illness
It is also acknowledged that facial signs of ageing may arise through a history of illness, malnutrition or poor personal hygiene.
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history of major
Five subjects had a past history of major depression.
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history of mankind
It really is true that there is almost nothing as ever-present in the history of mankind as war.
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history of psychiatry
Given the contentious history of psychiatry, however, this simple statement might still arouse a certain level of consternation.
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history of warfare
It is agreeably written and as far as any history of warfare can be, a pleasure to read, with useful maps.
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history textbook
The temporal, spatial, and operational bias created by the official-history thesis of the 1930s is the continuity in the method of history textbook writing.
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human history
Through most of human history human beings have had to struggle with climate, its natural variability and its extremes.
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illustrious history
The principle of beneficence has a long and illustrious history in the global history of medical ethics.
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in franchise history
This was the fastest the team had clinched a playoff spot in franchise history.
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intellectual history
I thus focus on the founding debates and situate these in the political and intellectual history of their times.
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known history
The expedition involved crossing 400mi km of mountainous terrain lacking roads or bridges occupied by local people with a known history of hostility towards outsiders.
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legislative history
We use the legislative history of some 5,000 parliamentary amendments.
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lengthy history
No general characterisation of any genre with numerous exemplars and a lengthy history should be accepted as absolute.
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literary history
He has contributed articles on social, rural, local and literary history, language, ephemera and the environment to a wide range of magazines and newspapers.
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living history
Its living history, its sense of continuity, its mix of individuals, the unique way that we do our business, will all change.
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long history
Because of its import in epidemiology, economics, the social sciences and other ' 'soft' ' sciences, learning causal networks has a long history.
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maritime history
Mawer has written extensively on colonial history and many of his published works - histories of clipper ships and convict shipwrecks - speak well of his enthusiasm for maritime history too.
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official history
To sum up: this is an example of official history at its best.
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peacetime history
The result is the greatest redistribution of financial assets in peacetime history.
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period of history
The period of history it treats can never again be left to sit in a gloomy inglenook.
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personal history
But at the very least the bond gives rise to a shared personal history.
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prior history
Among those with a prior history of depressive symptoms, recall was extremely poor.
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recent history
But he does light upon a principle which has assumed growing significance in the recent history of federal theory.
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recorded history
This ancient city, which arose just before the beginning of recorded history, is double walled.
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revision history
All changes to a configuration item can be seen in the revision history.
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revisionist history
Revisionist history can also reveal the sheer absurdity of dictatorship, such as a death sentence unleashed on an eleven-year-old boy, or a detention order given for a two-year-old toddler.
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rewriting history
This is rewriting history in the grand manner.
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rich history
The study of community has a rich history in the social sciences.
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shared history
I am not aware of any shared history or even if the artists are aware of each other's work.
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sweep of history
Writing a play is an act of extraordinary arrogance and, in the broad sweep of history, is totally irrelevant.
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tragic history
In the end, the eldest sister ghost tells a story, a sordid and tragic history in which marital ambition has a prominent part.
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troubled history
The question is, what kind of experience will do, given its long, troubled history?
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turbulent history
Given the city's turbulent history, it is not surprising that there are virtually no tax-records, hardly any original city council minutes and no consistory court registers.
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unique history
Through their habits, individuals carry the marks of their own unique history.
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