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CLASS H - SOCIAL SCIENCES

(Click each subclass for details) Subclass H Subclass HA Subclass HB Subclass HC Subclass HD Subclass HE Subclass HF Subclass HG Subclass HJ Subclass HM Subclass HN Social sciences (General) Statistics Economic theory. Demography Economic history and conditions Industries. Land use. Labor Transportation and communications Commerce Finance Public finance Sociology (General) Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform The family. Marriage. Women Societies: secret, benevolent, etc. Communities. Classes. Races Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Socialism. Communism. Anarchism

Subclass HQ Subclass HS Subclass HT Subclass HV Subclass HX

Subclass H
H1-99 Social sciences (General)

Subclass HA
HA1-4737 HA29-32 HA36-37 HA38-39 HA154-4737 HA154-155 HA175-473 Statistics Theory and method of social science statistics Statistical services. Statistical bureaus Registration of vital events. Vital records Statistical data Universal statistics By region or country

Subclass HB
HB1-3840 HB71-74 HB75-130 Economic theory. Demography Economics as a science. Relation to other subjects History of economics. History of economic theory Including special economic schools Methodology Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods Including econometrics, input-output analysis, game theory Value. Utility Price Competition. Production. Wealth Capital. Capitalism Income. Factor shares Interest Profit Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property Consumption. Demand Welfare theory Demography. Population. Vital events Business cycles. Economic fluctuations

HB131-147 HB135-147

HB201-206 HB221-236 HB238-251 HB501 HB522-715 HB535-551 HB601 HB615-715 HB801-843 HB846-846.8 HB848-3697 HB3711-3840

Subclass HC
HC10-1085 HC79 Economic history and conditions Special topics Including air pollution, automation, consumer demand, famines, flow of funds, etc. Economic geography of the oceans (General) By region or country

HC92 HC94-1085

Subclass HD
HD28-9999 HD28-70 HD39-40.7 HD41 HD45-45.2 HD47-47.4 HD49-49.5 HD50-50.5 HD56-57.5 HD58 HD58.7-58.95 HD59-59.6 HD60-60.5 HD61 HD62 HD62.2-62.8 HD66-66.2 HD69 Industries. Land use. Labor Management. Industrial management Capital. Capital investments Competition Technological innovations. Automation Costs Crisis management. Emergency management. Inflation Delegation of authority. Decentralization. Span of control Industrial productivity Location of industry Organizational behavior, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture Public relations. Industrial publicity Social responsibility of business Risk in industry. Risk management Standardization. Simplification. Waste Management of special enterprises Work groups. Team work in industry. Quality circles Other Including business consultants, capacity, size of industries, etc. Economic growth, development, planning Land use Land tenure Communal ownership Municipal ownership Nationalization (Agrarian socialism) Large holdings Landlord and peasant Land reform. Agrarian reform Consolidation of land holdings Small holdings. Peasant proprietors. Parcellation Real estate business Agriculture International cooperation Size of farms Sharecropping Agricultural associations, societies, etc. Cooperative agriculture Collective farms Government owned and operated farms. State farms. Sovkhozes Agricultural classes Including farm tenancy, agricultural laborers

HD72-88 HD101-1395.5 HD1286-1289 HD1290-1291 HD1301-1313 HD1326-1329 HD1330-1331 HD1332-1333.5 HD1334-1335 HD1336-1339 HD1361-1395.5 HD1401-2210 HD1428-1431 HD1470-1476 HD1478 HD1483-1486 HD1491-1491.5 HD1492-1492.5 HD1493-1493.5 HD1501-1542

HD1549 HD1580 HD1635-1702

HD1711-1741 HD2321-4730.9 HD2329 HD2330 HD2331-2336 HD2337-2339 HD2340.8-2346.5 HD2350.8-2356 HD2365-2385 HD2421-2429 HD2709-2930.7

HD2951-3575 HD3611-4730.9

HD4801-8943 HD4861-4895 HD4909-5100.9 HD5106-5267

HD5306-5474 HD5481-5630.7 HD5650-5660

HD5701-6000.9

HD6050-6305

HD6350-6940.7 HD6941-6948

Gleaning Reclamation of agricultural land. Melioration Utilization and culture of special classes of lands Including pasture lands, water resources development Irrigation Industry Industrialization Rural industries Home labor. Home-based businesses Sweatshops Small and medium-sized businesses, artisans, handicrafts, trades Large industry. Factory system. Big business Contracting. Letting of contracts Trade associations Corporations Including international business enterprises, diversification, industrial concentration, public utilities Cooperation. Cooperative societies Industrial policy. The state and industrial organization Including licensing of occupations and professions, subsidies, inspection, government ownership, municipal services Labor. Work. Working class Labor systems Wages Hours of labor Including overtime, shift work, sick leave, vacations Labor disputes. Strikes and lockouts Industrial arbitration. Mediation and conciliation Employee participation in management. Employee ownership. Industrial democracy. Works councils Labor market. Labor supply. Labor demand Including unemployment, manpower policy, occupational training, employment agencies Classes of labor Including women, children, students, middle-aged and older persons, minorities Trade unions. Labor unions. Workers' associations Employers' associations

HD6951-6957 HD6958.5-6976 HD6977-7080 HD7088-7252 HD7255-7256 HD7260-7780.8 HD7795-8027 HD8031 HD8038 HD8039 HD8045-8943 HD9000-9999 HD9000-9495 HD9502-9502.5 HD9506-9624 HD9650-9663 HD9665-9675 HD9680-9714

HD9715-9717.5 HD9720-9975 HD9999

Industrial sociology. Social conditions of labor Industrial relations Cost and standard of living Social insurance. Social security. Pension Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities Industrial hygiene. Industrial welfare Labor policy. Labor and the state Labor in politics. Political activity of the working class Professions (General). Professional employees By industry or trade By region or country Special industries and trades Agricultural industries Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade Mineral industries. Metal trade Chemical industries Pharmaceutical industry Mechanical industries Including electric utilities, electronic industries, and machinery Construction industry Manufacturing industries Miscellaneous industries and trades

Subclass HE
HE1-9990 HE199-199.5 HE199.9 HE305-311 HE323-328 HE331-380 HE369-373 HE374-377 HE379-380 HE380.8-971 HE380.8-560 HE561-971 HE730-943 HE1001-5600 HE5601-5725 Transportation and communications Freight (General) Passenger traffic (General) Urban transportation Transportation geography. Trade routes Traffic engineering. Roads and highways. Streets Traffic surveys (General) Bridges Tunnels. Vehicular tunnels Water transportation Waterways Shipping Merchant marine. Ocean shipping. Coastwise shipping Railroads. Rapid transit systems Automotive transportation Including trucking, bus lines, and taxicab service Stage lines Ferries Express service Postal service. Stamps. Philately Pneumatic service Telecommunication industry. Telegraph Wireless telegraph. Radiotelegraphy Radio and television broadcasting Telephone industry Cellular telephone services industry. Wireless telephone industry Artificial satellite telecommunications Signaling Messenger service Air transportation. Airlines

HE5746-5749 HE5751-5870 HE5880-5990 HE6000-7500 HE7511-7549 HE7601-8700.9 HE8660-8688 HE8689-8700.95 HE8701-9680.7 HE9713-9715 HE9719-9721 HE9723-9737 HE9751-9756 HE9761-9900

Subclass HF
HF1-6182 HF294-343 HF1014 HF1021-1027 HF1040-1054 HF1701-2701 HF3000-4055 HF5001-6182 HF5381-5386 HF5387-5387.5 HF5410-5417.5 HF5419-5422 HF5428-5429.6 HF5429.7-5430.6 HF5437-5444 HF5446-5459 HF5460-5469.5 HF5469.7-5481 HF5482-5482.4 HF5482.6-5482.65 HF5484-5495 HF5520-5541 HF5546-5548.6 HF5548.7-5548.85 HF5549-5549.5 HF5601-5689 HF5691-5716 HF5717-5734.7 Commerce Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce. Merchants' associations Balance of trade Commercial geography. Economic geography Commodities. Commercial products Tariff. Free trade. Protectionism By region or country Business Vocational guidance. Career devlopment Business ethics Marketing. Distribution of products Wholesale trade Retail trade Shopping centers. Shopping malls Purchasing. Selling. Sales personnel. Sales executives Canvassing. Peddling Department stores. Mail order business. Supermarkets. Convenience stores Markets. Fairs Secondhand trade Black market Warehouses. Storage Office equipment and supplies Office management Industrial psychology Personnel management. Employment management Accounting. Bookkeeping Business mathematics. Commercial arithmetic Including tables, etc. Business communication Including business report writing, business correspondence Business records management Shipment of goods. Delivery of goods Advertising

HF5735-5746 HF5761-5780 HF5801-6182

Subclass HG
HG1-9999 HG178 HG179 HG201-1496 HG258-312 HG315 HG321-329 HG335-339 HG348-353.5 HG361-363 HG381-395 HG401-421 HG451-1496 HG1501-3550 HG1621-1638 HG1641-1643 HG1651-1654 HG1655 HG1656 HG1660 HG1662 HG1685-1704 HG1706-1708 HG1709 HG1710-1710.5 HG1722 HG1723 HG1725-1778 HG1811-2351 HG2397-3550 HG3691-3769 Finance Liquidity Personal finance Money Precious metals. Bullion Small coins Mints. Assaying Counterfeiting Paper money Legal tender International coinage Bimetallism By region or country Banking Interest rates. Interest tables Bank loans. Bank credit. Commercial loans Discount Acceptances Bank reserves. Bank liquidity. Loan loss reserves Bank accounts. Bank deposits. Deposit banking Insurance of deposits. Deposit insurance Drafts. Checks Accounting. Bookkeeping Data processing Electronic funds transfers Bank mergers Bank stocks. Banking as an investment Banks and the state. State supervision of banks Special classes of banks and financial institutions By region or country Credit. Debt. Loans Including credit institutions, credit instruments, consumer credit, bankruptcy Foreign exchange. International finance. International monetary system Finance management. Business finance. Corporation finance Trust services. Trust companies Investment, capital formation, speculation Investment companies. Investment trusts. Mutual funds Foreign investments Stock exchanges Stockbrokers. Security dealers. Investment

HG3810-4000 HG4001-4285 HG4301-4480.9 HG4501-6051 HG4530 HG4538 HG4551-4598 HG4621

HG4701-4751 HG4900-5993 HG6001-6051 HG6105-6270.9 HG8011-9999 HG8053.5-8054.45 HG8059 HG8075-8107 HG8111-8123 HG8205-8220 HG8501-8745 HG8751-9295 HG8779-8793 HG8799-8830 HG8835-8899 HG8901-8914 HG8941-9200.5 HG9201-9245 HG9251-9262 HG9271 HG9291-9295 HG9301-9343 HG9371-9399 HG9651-9899 HG9956-9969 HG9969.5-9999

advisers Government securities. Industrial securities. Venture capital By region or country Speculation Lotteries Insurance Insurance for professions. Malpractice insurance. Professional liability insurance Business insurance Insurance business. Insurance management Government policy. State supervision Government insurance By region or country Life insurance Actuarial science. Statistical theory and methodology applied to insurance By class insured, by risk, by plan Life insurance business. Management Government policy. State supervision By region or country Mutual life insurance. Assessment life insurance. Fraternal life insurance Industrial life insurance Child insurance. Life insurance for children Maternity insurance Accident insurance Health insurance Fire insurance Casualty insurance Other insurance Including automobile, burglary, credit, disaster, title insurance

Subclass HJ
HJ9-9940 HJ9-99.8 HJ210-240 HJ241-1620 HJ2005-2216 HJ2240-5908 HJ2321-2323 HJ2326-2327 HJ2336-2337 HJ2338 HJ2351 HJ2351.4 HJ2361-3192.7 HJ3801-3844 HJ3863-3925 HJ4113-4601 HJ4629-4830 HJ4919-4936 HJ5309-5510 HJ6603-7390 HJ7461-7980 HJ8001-8899 HJ8052 HJ8101-8899 HJ9103-9695 Public finance Periodicals. Serials. By region or country History By region or country Income and expenditure. Budget Revenue. Taxation. Internal revenue Tax incidence. Tax shifting. Tax equity Progressive taxation Tax exemption Taxation of government property Inflation and taxation Tax revenue estimating By region or country Revenue from sources other than taxation Direct taxation Property tax Income tax Capitation. Poll tax Administrative fees. User charges. License fees Customs administration Expenditures. Government spending Public debts Sinking funds. Amortization By region or country Local finance. Municipal finance Including the revenue, budget, expenditure, etc. of counties, boroughs, communes, municipalities, etc. Public accounting. Auditing

HJ9701-9940

Subclass HM
HM(1)-1281 (HM1-299) HM435-477 HM461-473 HM481-554 HM621-656 HM661-696 HM701 HM706 HM711-806 HM756-781 HM786-806 HM811-821 HM826 HM831-901 HM1001-1281 HM1041-1101 Sociology These are obsolete numbers no longer used by the Library of Congress History of sociology. History of sociological theory Schools of sociology. Schools of social thought Theory. Method. Relations to other subjects Culture Social control Social systems Social structure Groups and organizations Community Organizational sociology. Organization theory Deviant behavior. Social deviance Social institutions Social change Social psychology Social perception. Social cognition Including perception of the self and others, prejudices, stereotype Interpersonal relations. Social behavior Social influence. Social pressure

HM1106-1171 HM1176-1281

Subclass HN
HN1-995 HN30-39 HN41-46 HN50-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform The church and social problems Community centers. Social centers By region or country

Subclass HQ
HQ1-2044 HQ12-449 HQ19-30.7 HQ31-64 HQ71-72 HQ74-74.2 HQ75-76.8 HQ77-77.2 HQ77.7-77.95 HQ79 HQ101-440.7 HQ447 HQ449 HQ450-472 HQ503-1064 HQ750-755.5 HQ755.7-759.92 The Family. Marriage. Women Sexual life Sexual behavior and attitudes. Sexuality Sex instruction and sexual ethics Sexual deviations Bisexuality Homosexuality. Lesbianism Transvestism Transexualism Sadism. Masochism. Fetishism, etc. Prostitution Masturbation Emasculation. Eunuchs, etc. Erotica The family. Marriage. Home Eugenics Parents. Parenthood Including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers Family size Children. Child development Including child rearing, child life, play, socialization, children's rights Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers Young men and women Adulthood Single people Man-woman relationships. Courtship. Dating Matrimonial bureaus. Marriage brokerage Matrimonial advertisements Temporary marriage. Trial marriage. Companionate marriage Breach of promise Desertion Adultery Divorce Free love Polygamy Polyandry Illegitimacy. Unmarried mothers The state and marriage The church and marriage Widows and widowers. Widowhood Aged. Gerontology (Social aspects). Retirement Thanatology. Death. Dying Sex role Men Women. Feminism

HQ760-767.7 HQ767.8-792.2

HQ793-799.2 HQ799.5-799.9 HQ799.95-799.97 HQ800-800.4 HQ801-801.83 HQ802 HQ802.5 HQ803 HQ804 HQ805 HQ806 HQ811-960.7 HQ961-967 HQ981-996 HQ997 HQ998-999 HQ1001-1006 HQ1051-1057 HQ1058-1058.5 HQ1060-1064 HQ1073-1073.5 HQ1075-1075.5 HQ1088-1090.7 HQ1101-2030.7

HQ1871-2030.7 HQ2035-2039 HQ2042-2044

Women's clubs Life skills. Coping skills. Everyday living skills Life style

Subclass HS
HS1-3371 HS101-330.7 HS351-929 HS951-1179 HS1201-1350 HS1355 HS1501-2460.7 HS1501-1510 HS1525-1560 HS1601-2265 HS2275 HS2301-2460.7 HS2501-3371 Societies: secret, benevolent, etc. Secret societies Freemasons Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias Other societies Other societies. By classes Benevolent and "friendly" societies and mutual assessment fraternities Religious societies Race societies Occupation societies Political and "patriotic" societies Clubs. Clubs and societies for special classes Including boys' societies, Boy scouts, girls' societies

Subclass HT
HT51-1595 HT51-65 HT101-395 HT161-165 HT165.5-169.9 HT170-178 HT201-221 HT231 HT251-265 HT281 HT321-325 HT330-334 HT351-352 HT361-384 HT388 HT390-395 HT401-485 HT601-1445 HT621-635 HT641-657 HT675-690 HT713-725 HT731 HT751-815 HT851-1445 HT1501-1595 Communities. Classes. Races Human settlements. Communities Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology Garden cities. "The city beautiful" City planning Urban renewal. Urban redevelopment City population Including children in cities, immigration Effect of city life Mental and moral life Recreation. Amusements The city as an economic factor. City promotion Metropolitan areas Suburban cities and towns Urbanization. City and country Regional economics. Space in economics Regional planning Rural groups. Rural sociology Classes Origin of social classes Classes arising from birth Including royalty, nobility, commons Classes arising from occupation Caste system Freedmen Serfdom Slavery Races Including race as a social group and race relations in general

Subclass HV
HV1-9960 HV40-69 Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice Including social case work, private and public relief, institutional care, rural social work, work relief By region or country The church and charity Women and charity Charity fairs, bazaars, etc. International social work Self-help groups Emergency management Relief in case of disasters Red Cross. Red Crescent Special types of disasters Refugee problems Life saving Accidents. Prevention of accidents Free professional services Including medical charities Protection, assistance and relief Special classes Families. Mothers. Widow's pensions Children Foundlings Destitute, neglected, and abandoned children. Street children Children with disabilities Fresh-air funds Orphanages. Orphans Young adults. Youth. Teenagers Women Gay men. Lesbians Aged People with disabilities Including blind, deaf, people with physical and mental disabilities Special classes. By occupation Mariners Shop women, clerks, etc. Other. By occupation Special classes. By race or ethnic group Immigrants Poor in cities. Slums Mendicancy. Vagabondism. Tramps. Homelessness Protection of animals. Animal rights. Animal

HV85-525 HV530 HV541 HV544 HV544.5 HV547 HV551.2-639 HV553-639 HV560-583 HV599-639 HV640-645 HV650-670 HV675-677 HV680-696 HV697-4959 HV697-3024 HV697-700.7 HV701-1420.5 HV835-847 HV873-887 HV888-907 HV931-941 HV959-1420.5 HV1421-1441 HV1442-1448 HV1449 HV1450-1494 HV1551-3024

HV3025-3174 HV3025-3163 HV3165-3173 HV3174 HV3176-3199 HV4005-4013 HV4023-4470.7 HV4480-4630 HV4701-4890.9

HV4905-4959 HV4961-4995 HV5001-5720.5 HV5725-5770 HV5800-5840 HV6001-7220.5 HV6035-6197

HV6201-6249 HV6250-6250.4 HV6251-6773.55 HV6774-7220.5 HV7231-9960 HV7428 HV7431 HV7435-7439 HV7551-8280.7 HV7935-8025 HV8031-8080 HV8035-8069 HV8073-8079.35 HV8079.2-8079.35 HV8079.5-8079.55 HV8081-8099 HV8130-8280.7 HV8290-8291 HV8301-9920.7 HV9051-9230.7 HV9261-9430.7 HV9441-9920.7 HV9950-9960

welfare Animal experimentation. Anti-vivisection Degeneration Alcoholism. Intemperance. Temperance reform Tobacco habit Drug habits. Drug abuse Criminology Criminal anthropology Including criminal types, criminal psychology, prison psychology, causes of crime Criminal classes Victims of crimes. Victimology Crimes and offenses Crimes and criminal classes Criminal justice administration Social work with delinquents and criminals Prevention of crime, methods, etc. Gun control Police. Detectives. Constabulary Administration and organization Police duty. Methods of protection Special classes of crimes, offenses and criminals Investigation of crimes. Examination and identification of prisoners Police social work Traffic control. Traffic accident investigation Private detectives. Detective bureaus By region or country Private security services Penology. Prisons. Corrections The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency. Reform schools, etc. Reformation and reclamation of adult prisoners By region or country By region or country

Subclass HX
HX1-970.7 HX519-550 HX626-696 HX806-811 HX821-970.9 Socialism. Communism. Anarchism Communism/socialism in relation to special topics Communism: Utopian socialism, collective settlements Utopias. The ideal state Anarchism