Library of Congress Classification:Class H -- Social sciences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 )

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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