| Alex Haley |
a U.S. author celebrated for his pulitzer prize-winning work of historical fiction, Roots: The Saga of an American Family (1976), a publication whose subsequent television broadcast adaptation spawned a national discussion about race and race relations (b.1921--d.1992). |
| annals |
historical records. [1/3 definitions] |
| antihistorical |
combined form of historical. |
| archive |
(often pl.) a collection of records or information pertaining to an institution, organization, or historical figure. [1/2 definitions] |
| archives |
the body of records or information pertaining to an institution, organization, or historical figure. [1/2 definitions] |
| background |
historical or social conditions or events leading up to, or being present during, a given situation or event. [1/5 definitions] |
| conservancy |
an organization devoted to conservation of natural resources, historical buildings, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| consonant shift |
a historical change or linked series of changes in the sound of consonants in a language or language family. |
| cornerstone |
a foundation stone laid at the onset of construction, sometimes carved with the date or hollowed to contain items of historical interest. [1/3 definitions] |
| cusp |
the point of transition from one astrological sign or historical period to the next. [1/3 definitions] |
| empire |
the government of such a unit, or the historical period in which it existed. [1/4 definitions] |
| historicity |
of an event, the fact of having occurred in history; historical authenticity. |
| historiographer |
one who specializes in analyzing, teaching, or developing the techniques, principles, and theories of historical scholarship. [1/2 definitions] |
| historiography |
the theories, methods, assumptions, and principles of historical research and writing. [2/3 definitions] |
| Hôi An |
a small coastal town and historical trading port in central Vietnam, also known as Ancient City. |
| late |
towards the end of a historical era or period of time. [1/7 definitions] |
| linguistics |
(used with a sing. verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| Maya |
the historical and modern languages of these people. [1/3 definitions] |
| melioration |
the historical process by which a word gradually acquires positive connotation, and eventually, positive denotation. (Cf. pejoration.) [1/2 definitions] |
| monument |
something maintained in the public interest for its aesthetic or historical significance. [1/3 definitions] |
| museum |
an institution or building where collections of valuable historical or artistic objects are preserved and displayed. |