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Class H: Social Sciences is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This article outlines the subclasses of Class H. [1] [2]

H - Social sciences (General)

1-99....... Social Sciences (General)

HA - Statistics

1-4737....... Statistics

29-32.......Theory and method of social science statistics
36-37.......Statistical services. Statistical bureaus
38-39.......Registration of vital events. Vital records
154-4737.......Statistical data
154-155.......Universal statistics
175-473.......By region or country

HB - Economic theory; Demography

1-3840............. Economic theory. Demography

71-74.............Economics as a science. Relation to other subjects
75-130............ History of economics. History of economic theory (Including special economic schools)
131-147...........Methodology
135-147..........Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods (Including econometrics, input-output analysis, game theory)
201-206........... Value. Utility
221-236........... Price
238-251........... Competition. Production. Wealth
501............... Capital. Capitalism
522-715........... Income. Factor shares
535-551.......... Interest
601.............. Profit
615-715.......... Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property
801-843........... Consumption. Demand
846-846.8......... Welfare theory
848-3697..........Demography. Population. Vital events
3711-3840......... Business cycles. Economic fluctuations

HC - Economic history and conditions

10-1085.......Economic history and conditions

79...........Special topics (Including air pollution, automation, consumer demand, famines, flow of funds, etc.)
92...........Economic geography of the oceans (General)
94-1085......By region or country

HD - Industries; Land use; Labor

28-9999........... Industries. Land use. Labor

28-70............Management. Industrial management
39-40.7......... Capital. Capital investments
41.............. Competition
45-45.2.........Technological innovations. Automation
47-47.4.........Costs
49-49.5.........Crisis management. Emergency management. Inflation
50-50.5.........Delegation of authority. Decentralization. Span of control
56-57.5......... Industrial productivity
58..............Location of industry
58.7-58.95......Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture
59-59.6......... Public relations. Industrial publicity
60-60.5.........Social responsibility of business
61..............Risk in industry. Risk management
62.............. Standardization. Simplification. Waste
62.2-62.8.......Management of special enterprises
66-66.2.........Work groups. Team work in industry. Quality circles
69..............Other (Including business consultants, capacity, size of industries, etc.)
72-88............ Economic growth, development, planning
101-1395.5....... Land use. Land tenure
1286-1289.......Communal ownership
1290-1291.......Municipal ownership
1301-1313....... Nationalization (Agrarian socialism)
1326-1329.......Large holdings
1330-1331.......Landlord and peasant
1332-1333.5..... Land reform. Agrarian reform
1334-1335.......Consolidation of land holdings
1336-1339.......Small holdings. Peasant proprietors. Parcellation
1361-1395.5..... Real estate business
1401-2210........ Agriculture
1428-1431.......International cooperation
1470-1476.......Size of farms
1478............ Sharecropping
1483-1486.......Agricultural associations, societies, etc.
1491-1491.5.... Cooperative agriculture
1492-1492.5..... Collective farms
1493-1493.5.....Government owned and operated farms. State farms. Sovkhozes
1501-1542.......Agricultural classes (Including farm tenancy, agricultural laborers)
1549............ Gleaning
1580............Reclamation of agricultural land. Melioration
1635-1702.......Utilization and culture of special classes of lands (Including pasture lands, water resources development)
1711-1741....... Irrigation
2321-4730.9......Industry
2329............ Industrialization
2330............Rural industries
2331-2336.......Home labor. Home-based businesses
2337-2339....... Sweatshops
2340.8-2346.5...Small and medium-sized businesses, artisans, handicrafts, trades
2350.8-2356.....Large industry. Factory system. Big business
2365-2385....... Contracting. Letting of contracts
2421-2429....... Trade associations
2709-2930.7.....Corporations (Including international business enterprises, diversification, industrial concentration, public utilities)
2951-3575.......Cooperation. Cooperative societies
3611-4730.9..... Industrial policy. The state and industrial organization (Including licensing of occupations and professions, subsidies, inspection, government ownership, municipal services)
4801-8943........ Labor. Work. Working class
4861-4895.......Labor systems
4909-5100.9..... Wages
5106-5267.......Hours of labor (Including overtime, shift work, sick leave, vacations)
5306-5474.......Labor disputes. Strikes and lockouts
5481-5630.7.....Industrial arbitration. Mediation and conciliation
5650-5660.......Employee participation in management. Employee ownership. Industrial democracy. Works councils
5701-6000.9..... Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand (Including unemployment, manpower policy, occupational training, employment agencies)
6050-6305.......Classes of labor (Including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons, minorities)
6350-6940.7..... Trade unions. Labor unions. Workers' associations
6941-6948.......Employers' associations
6951-6957....... Industrial sociology. Social conditions of labor
6958.5-6976..... Industrial relations
6977-7080....... Cost and standard of living
7088-7252....... Social insurance. Social security. Pension
7255-7256.......Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities
7260-7780.8..... Industrial hygiene. Industrial welfare
7795-8027.......Labor policy. Labor and the state
8031............ Labor in politics. Political activity of the working class
8038............Professions (General). Professional employees
8039............By industry or trade
8045-8943.......By region or country
9000-9999........Special industries and trades
9000-9495.......Agricultural industries
9502-9502.5..... Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade
9506-9624....... Mineral industries. Metal trade
9650-9663....... Chemical industries
9665-9675....... Pharmaceutical industry
9680-9714.......Mechanical industries (Including electric utilities, electronic industries, and machinery)
9715-9717.5..... Construction industry
9720-9975....... Manufacturing industries
9999............Miscellaneous industries and trades

HE - Transportation and communications

1-9990............ Transportation and communications

199-199.5........ Freight (General)
199.9............Passenger traffic (General)
305-311.......... Urban transportation
323-328.......... Transportation geography. Trade routes
331-380.......... Traffic engineering. Roads and highways. Streets
369-373.........Traffic surveys (General)
374-377......... Bridges
379-380......... Tunnels. Vehicular tunnels
380.8-971........ Water transportation
380.8-560....... Waterways
561-971......... Shipping
730-943........ Merchant marine. Ocean shipping. Coastwise shipping
1001-5600........ Railroads. Rapid transit systems
5601-5725........ Automotive transportation (Including trucking, bus lines, and taxicab service)
5746-5749........ Stage lines
5751-5870........ Ferries
5880-5990........Express service
6000-7500........ Postal service. Stamps. Philately
7511-7549........ Pneumatic service
7601-8700.95..... Telecommunication industry. Telegraph
8660-8688....... Wireless telegraph. Radiotelegraphy
8689-8700.95.... Radio and television broadcasting
8701-9680.7...... Telephone industry
9713-9715........ Cellular telephone services industry. Wireless telephone industry
9719-9721........ Artificial satellite telecommunications
9723-9737........ Signaling
9751-9756........ Messenger service
9761-9900........ Air transportation. Airlines

HF - Commerce

1-6182............... Commerce

294-343............. Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce. Merchants' associations
1014................ Balance of trade
1021-1027...........Commercial geography. Economic geography
1040-1054........... Commodities. Commercial products
1701-2701........... Tariff. Free trade. Protectionism
3000-4055...........By region or country
5001-6182........... Business
5381-5386..........Vocational Guidance. Career development
5387-5387.5........ Business ethics
5410-5417.5........ Marketing. Distribution of products
5419-5422.......... Wholesale trade
5428-5429.6........ Retail trade
5429.7-5430.6......Shopping centers. Shopping malls
5437-5444.......... Purchasing. Selling. Sales personnel. Sales executives
5446-5459.......... Canvassing. Peddling
5460-5469.5........ Department stores. Mail order business. Supermarkets. Convenience stores
5469.7-5481........ Markets. Fairs
5482-5482.4........ Secondhand trade
5482.6-5482.65..... Black market
5484-5495.......... Warehouses. Storage
5520-5541.......... Office equipment and supplies
5546-5548.6........ Office management
5548.7-5548.85..... Industrial psychology
5549-5549.5........ Personnel management. Employment management
5601-5689.......... Accounting. Bookkeeping
5691-5716.......... Business mathematics. Commercial arithmetic (Including tables, etc.)
5717-5734.7........ Business communication (Including business report writing, business correspondence)
5735-5746..........Business records management
5761-5780.......... Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods
5801-6182.......... Advertising

HG - Finance

1-9999............... Finance

178................. Liquidity
179................. Personal finance
201-1496............ Money
258-312............ Precious metals. Bullion
315................ Small coins
321-329............ Mints. Assaying
335-339............ Counterfeiting
348-353.5.......... Paper money
361-363............ Legal tender
381-395............International coinage
401-421............ Bimetallism
451-1496...........By region or country
1501-3550........... Banking
1621-1638.......... Interest rates. Interest tables
1641-1643..........Bank loans. Bank credit. Commercial loans
1651-1654.......... Discount
1655...............Acceptances
1656............... Bank reserves. Bank liquidity. Loan loss reserves
1660............... Bank accounts. Bank deposits. Deposit banking
1662...............Insurance of deposits. Deposit insurance
1685-1704..........Drafts. Checks
1706-1708.......... Accounting. Bookkeeping
1709...............Data processing
1710-1710.5........ Electronic funds transfers
1722............... Bank mergers
1723...............Bank stocks. Banking as an investment
1725-1778..........Banks and the state. State supervision of banks
1811-2351..........Special classes of banks and financial institutions
2397-3550..........By region or country
3691-3769...........Credit. Debt. Loans (Including credit institutions, credit instruments, consumer credit, bankruptcy)
3810-4000........... Foreign exchange. International finance. International monetary system
4001-4285........... Finance management. Business finance. Corporation finance
4301-4480.9.........Trust services. Trust companies
4501-6051........... Investment, capital formation, speculation
4530............... Investment companies. Investment trusts. Mutual funds
4538............... Foreign investments
4551-4598.......... Stock exchanges
4621............... Stockbrokers. Security dealers. Investment advisers
4701-4751.......... Government securities. Industrial securities. Venture capital
4900-5993..........By region or country
6001-6051.......... Speculation
6105-6270.9......... Lotteries
8011-9999........... Insurance
8053.5-8054.45.....Insurance for professions. Malpractice insurance. Professional liability insurance
8059...............Business insurance
8075-8107..........Insurance business. Insurance management
8111-8123..........Government policy. State supervision
8205-8220..........Government insurance
8501-8745..........By region or country
8751-9295.......... Life insurance
8779-8793.......... Actuarial science. Statistical theory and methodology applied to insurance
8799-8830..........By class insured, by risk, by plan
8835-8899..........Life insurance business. Management
8901-8914..........Government policy. State supervision
8941-9200.5........By region or country
9201-9245..........Mutual life insurance. Assessment life insurance. Fraternal life insurance
9251-9262..........Industrial life insurance
9271...............Child insurance. Life insurance for children
9291-9295..........Maternity insurance
9301-9343.......... Accident insurance
9371-9399.......... Health insurance
9651-9899.......... Fire insurance
9956-9969.......... Casualty insurance
9969.5-9999........Other insurance (Including automobile, burglary, credit, disaster, title )

HJ - Public finance

9-9940.............. Public finance

9-99.8 ............Periodicals. Serials. By region or country
210-240............History
241-1620...........By region or country
2005-2216..........Income and expenditure. Budget
2240-5908.......... Revenue. Taxation. Internal revenue
2321-2323.......... Tax incidence. Tax shifting. Tax equity
2326-2327.......... Progressive taxation
2336-2337.......... Tax exemption
2338...............Taxation of government property
2351............... Inflation and taxation
2351.4.............Tax revenue estimating
2361-3192.7........By region or country
3801-3844..........Revenue from sources other than taxation
3863-3925.......... Direct taxation
4113-4601.......... Property tax
4629-4830.......... Income tax
4919-4936.......... Capitation. Poll tax
5309-5510..........Administrative fees. User charges. License fees
6603-7390.......... Customs administration
7461-7980..........Expenditures. Government spending
8001-8899.......... Public debts
8052.............. Sinking funds. Amortization
8101-8899.........By region or country
9103-9695..........Local finance. Municipal finance.
9701-9940.......... Public accounting. Auditing

HM - Sociology (General)

1-1281............ Sociology

1-299............These numbers are obsolete and no longer used by the Library of Congress
435-477.......... History of sociology. History of sociological theory
461-473.........Schools of sociology. Schools of social thought
481-554.......... Theory. Method. Relations to other subjects
621-656..........Culture
661-696.......... Social control
701..............Social systems
706.............. Social structure
711-806..........Groups and organizations
756-781.........Community
786-806......... Organizational sociology. Organization theory
811-821.......... Deviant behavior. Social deviance
826..............Social institutions
831-901.......... Social change
1001-1281........ Social psychology
1041-1101....... Social perception. Social cognition
1106-1171....... Interpersonal relations. Social behavior
1176-1281....... Social influence. Social pressure

HN - Social history and conditions; Social problems; Social reform

1-995......... Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform

30-39........The church and social problems
41-46........Community centers. Social centers
50-995.......By region or country

HQ - The family; Marriage; Woman; Sexuality

1-2044...............The Family. Marriage. Women

12-449..............Sexual life
19-30.7............Sexual behavior and attitudes. Sexuality
31-64.............. Sex instruction and sexual ethics
71-72.............. Sexual deviations
74-74.2............ Bisexuality
75-76.8............ Homosexuality. Lesbianism
77-77.2............ Transvestism
77.7-77.95......... Transsexualism
79................. Sadism. Masochism. Fetishism, etc.
101-440.7.......... Prostitution
447................ Masturbation
449................ Emasculation. Eunuchs, etc.
450-472............. Erotica
503-1064............The family. Marriage. Home
750-755.5.......... Eugenics
755.7-759.92.......Parents. Parenthood
760-767.7..........Family size
767.8-792.2........Children. Child development
793-799.2..........Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers
799.5-799.9........Young men and women
799.95-799.97...... Adulthood
800-800.4..........Single people
801-801.83.........Man-woman relationships. Courtship. Dating
802................Matrimonial bureaus. Marriage brokerage
802.5..............Matrimonial advertisements
803................Temporary marriage. Trial marriage. Companionate marriage
804................ Breach of promise
805................Desertion
806................ Adultery
811-960.7.......... Divorce
961-967............ Free love
981-996............ Polygamy
997................ Polyandry
998-999............ Illegitimacy. Unmarried mothers
1001-1006.......... The state and marriage
1051-1057.......... The church and marriage
1058-1058.5........Widows and widowers. Widowhood
1060-1064..........Aged. Gerontology (Social aspects). Retirement
1073-1073.5......... Thanatology. Death. Dying
1075-1075.5.........Sex role
1088-1090.7.........Men
1101-2030.7.........Women. Feminism
1871-2030.7........Women's clubs
2035-2039........... Life skills. Coping skills. Everyday living skills
2042-2044...........Life style

HS - Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

1-3371............ Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

101-330.7........ Secret societies
351-929.......... Freemasons
951-1179......... Odd Fellows
1201-1350........ Knights of Pythias
1355.............Other societies
1501-2460.7......Other societies. By classes
1501-1510....... Benevolent and "friendly" societies and mutual assessment fraternities
1525-1560.......Religious societies
1601-2265.......Race societies
2275............Occupation societies
2301-2460.7.....Political and "patriotic" societies
2501-3371........ Clubs. Clubs and societies for special classes (Including boys' societies, Boy scouts, girls' societies)

HT - Communities; Classes; Races

51-1595............ Communities. Classes. Races

51-65............. Human settlements. Communities
101-395...........Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
161-165.......... Garden cities. "The city beautiful"
165.5-169.9...... City planning
170-178.......... Urban renewal. Urban redevelopment
201-221..........City population (Including children in cities, immigration)
231..............Effect of city life
251-265..........Mental and moral life
281..............Recreation. Amusements
321-325..........The city as an economic factor. City promotion
330-334.......... Metropolitan areas
351-352.......... Suburban cities and towns
361-384.......... Urbanization. City and country
388.............. Regional economics. Space in economics
390-395.......... Regional planning
401-485...........Rural groups. Rural sociology
601-1445.......... Classes
621-635..........Origin of social classes
641-657..........Classes arising from birth (Including royalty, nobility, commons)
675-690..........Classes arising from occupation
713-725.......... Caste system
731.............. Freedmen
751-815.......... Serfdom
851-1445......... Slavery
1501-1595......... Races (Including race as a social group and race relations in general)

HV - Social pathology; Social and public welfare; Criminology

1-9960................Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology

40-69................Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice
85-525...............By region or country
530..................The church and charity
541..................Women and charity
544..................Charity fairs, bazaars, etc.
544.5................International social work
547.................. Self-help groups
551.2-639............ Emergency management
553-639.............Relief in case of disasters
560-583............ Red Cross. Red Crescent
599-639............Special types of disasters
640-645.............. Refugee problems
650-670.............. Life saving
675-677.............. Accidents. Prevention of accidents
680-696..............Free professional services. Including medical charities
697-4959.............Protection, assistance and relief
697-3024............Special classes
697-700.7..........Families. Mothers. Widow's -pensions
701-1420.5.........Children
835-847...........Foundlings
873-887...........Destitute, neglected, and abandoned children. Street children
888-907...........Children with disabilities
931-941...........Fresh-air funds
959-1420.5........Orphanages. Orphans
1421-1441..........Young adults. Youth. Teenagers
1442-1448..........Women
1449............... Gay men. Lesbians
1450-1494..........Aged
1551-3024..........People with disabilities, Including blind, deaf, people with physical and mental disabilities
3025-3174...........Special classes. By occupation
3025-3163..........Mariners
3165-3173..........Shop women, clerks, etc.
3174...............Other. By occupation
3176-3199...........Special classes. By race or ethnic group
4005-4013........... Immigrants
4023-4470.7.........Poor in cities. Slums
4480-4630........... Mendicancy. Vagabondism. Tramps. Homelessness
4701-4890.9.........Protection of animals. Animal rights. Animal welfare
4905-4959........... Animal experimentation. Anti- vivisection
4961-4995............ Degeneration
5001-5720.5.......... Alcoholism. Intemperance. Temperance reform
5725-5770............ Tobacco habit
5800-5840............ Drug habits. Drug abuse
6001-7220.5.......... Criminology
6035-6197............ Criminal anthropology (Including criminal types, criminal psychology, prison psychology, causes of crime)
6201-6249............Criminal classes
6250-6250.4..........Victims of crimes. Victimology
6251-6773.55......... Crimes and offenses
6774-7220.5..........Crimes and criminal classes
7231-9960............ Criminal justice administration
7428................Social work with delinquents and criminals
7431................ Prevention of crime, methods, etc.
7435-7439........... Gun control
7551-8280.7......... Police. Detectives. Constabulary
7935-8025..........Administration and organization
8031-8080..........Police duty. Methods of protection
8035-8069.........Special classes of crimes, offenses and criminals
8073-8079.35...... Investigation of crimes. Examination and identification of prisoners
8079.2-8079.35....Police social work
8079.5-8079.55.... Traffic control. Traffic accident investigation
8081-8099.......... Private detectives. Detective bureaus
8130-8280.7........By region or country
8290-8291........... Private security services
8301-9920.7......... Penology. Prisons. Corrections
9051-9230.7........The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency. Reform schools, etc.
9261-9430.7........ Reformation and reclamation of adult prisoners
9441-9920.7........By region or country
9950-9960...........By region or country

HX - Socialism; Communism; Anarchism

1-970.9............ Socialism. Communism. Anarchism

519-550...........Communism/socialism in relation to special topics
626-696...........Communism: Utopian socialism, collective settlements
806-811........... Utopias. The ideal state
821-970.9.........Anarchism

References

  1. ^ "Library of Congress Classification Outline: CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES" (PDF). Library of Congress. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  2. ^ "Library of Congress Classification Full Text: Class H - Social Sciences" (PDF). Library of Congress. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2019-05-01.

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