Library of Congress Classification:Class H -- Social sciences

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

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