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)
edit1-99.......Social Sciences (General)
HA - Statistics
edit1-4737.......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
edit1-3840.............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
edit10-1085.......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
edit28-9999...........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
edit1-9990............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
- 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
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
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
edit9-9940..............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
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
edit1-995.........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
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
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
edit51-1595............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
edit1-9960................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
- 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
- 697-3024............Special classes
- 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
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
edit- ^ "Library of Congress Classification Outline: CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES" (PDF). Library of Congress. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "Library of Congress Classification Full Text: Class H - Social Sciences" (PDF). Library of Congress. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2019-05-01.