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LC Classification: H

A breakdown of the Library of Congress Classification system

H - Overview

H - Social sciences (General)

HA - Statistics

HB - Economic theory. Demography

HC - Economic history and conditions

HD - Industries. Land use. Labor

HE - Transportation and communications

HF - Commerce

HG - Finance

HJ - Public finance

HM - Sociology (General)

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

HQ - The family. Marriage. Women

HS - Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

HT - Communities. Classes. Races

HV - Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology

HX - Socialism. Communism. Anarchism

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H - Social Sciences

H - Social sciences (General)

HA - Statistics

  • HA154-4737 Statistical data

HB - Economic theory. Demography

  • HB71-74 Economics as a science. Relation to other subjects
  • HB131-147 Methodology
  • HB238-251 Competition. Production. Wealth
  • HB522-715 Income. Factor shares
  • HB848-3697 Demography. Population. Vital events
  • HB3711-3840 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations

HC - Economic history and conditions

  • HC94-1085 By region or country

HD - Industries. Land use. Labor

  • HD28-70 Management. Industrial management
  • HD72-88 Economic growth, development, planning
  • HD101-1395.5 Land use
  • HD1401-2210 Agriculture
  • HD2321-4730.9 Industry
  • HD2350.8-2356 Large industry. Factory system. Big business
  • HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working class
  • HD9000-9999 Special industries and trades

HE - Transportation and communications

  • HE305-311 Urban transportation
  • HE331-380 Traffic engineering. Roads and highways
  • HE380.8-971 Water transportation
  • HE1001-5600 Railroads. Rapid transit systems
  • HE6000-7500 Postal service. Stamps. Philately
  • HE7601-8700.9 Telecommunication industry
  • HE8701-9680.7 Telephone industry
  • HE9713-9715 Cellular telephone services industry. Wireless telephone industry
  • HE9761-9900 Air transportation. Airlines

HF - Commerce

  • HF294-343 Boards of trade. Chambers of commerce. Merchants' associations
  • HF1701-2701 Tariff. Free trade. Protectionism
  • HF5001-6182 Business
    • HF5410-5417.5 Marketing. Distribution of products
    • HF5419-5422 Wholesale trade
    • HF5428-5429.6 Retail trade
    • HF5484-5495 Warehouses. Storage
    • HF5520-5541 Office supplies
    • HF5601-5689 Accounting. Bookkeeping
    • HF5691-5716 Business mathematics. Commercial arithmetic (Including tables, etc.)
    • HF5801-6182 Advertising

HG - Finance

  • HG201-1496 Money
    • HG451-1496 By region or country
  • HG1501-3550 Banking
    • HG2397-3550 By region or country
  • HG3691-3769 Credit. Debt. Loans
  • HG3810-4000 Foreign exchange. International finance. International monetary system
  • HG4501-6051 Investment, capital formation, speculation
  • HG8011-9999 Insurance

HJ - Public finance

  • HJ241-1620 By region or country
  • HJ2240-5908 Revenue. Taxation. Internal revenue
  • HJ6603-7390 Customs administration
  • HJ7461-7980 Expenditures. Government spending
  • HJ8001-8899 Public debts
  • HJ9103-9695 Local finance. Municipal finance

HM - Sociology (General)

  • HM481-554 Theory. Method. Relations to other subjects.
  • HM621-656 Culture
  • HM701 Social Systems
  • HM711-806 Groups and organizations
  • HM811-821 Deviant behavior. Social deviance
  • HM1001-1281 Social psychology

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

  • HN30-39 The church and social problems
  • HN41-46 Community centers. Social centers
  • HN50-995 By region or country

HQ - The family. Marriage. Women

  • HQ12-449 Sexual life
  • HQ503-1064 The family. Marriage. Home
    • HQ767.8-792.2 Children. Child development
    • HQ793-799.2 Youth. Adolescents. Teenagers
    • HQ801-803 Marriage
    • HQ811-960.7 Divorce
    • HQ1001-1006 The state and marriage
    • HQ1051-1057 The church and marriage
    • HQ1060-1064 Age. Gerontology (Social aspects). Retirement
  • HQ1088-1090.7 Men
  • HQ1101-2030.7 Women. Feminism
  • HQ2035-2039 Life skills. Coping skills. Everyday living skills

HS - Societies: secret, benevolent, etc.

  • HS101-330.7 Secret societies
  • HS351-929 Freemasons
  • HS951-1179 Odd Fellows
  • HS1201-1350 Knights of Pythias
  • HS1501-2460.7 Other societies. By classes
  • HS2501-3371 Clubs.

HT - Communities. Classes. Races

  • HT51-65 Human settlements. Communities
  • HT101-395 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
  • HT401-485 Rural groups. Rural sociology
  • HT601-1445 Classes
    • HT675-690 Classes arising from occupation
    • HT713-725 Caste system
    • HT851-1445 Slavery
  • HT1501-1595 Races (Including race as a social group and race relations in general)

HV - Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology

  • HV40-69 Social service. Social work. Charity
  • HV85-525 By region or country
  • HV551.2-639 Emergency management
  • HV697-4959 Protection, assistance, and relief
  • HV4961-4995 Degeneration
  • HV5001-5720.5 Alcoholism. Intemperance. Temperance reform
  • HV5725-5770 Tobacco habit
  • HV5800-5840 Drug habits. Drug abuse
  • HV6001-7220.5 Criminology
    • HV6035-6197 Criminal anthropology (Including criminal types, criminal psychology, prison psychology, causes of crime)
  • HV7231-9960 Criminal justice administration
    • HV7551-8280.7 Police. Detectives. Constabulary
      • HV8130-8280.7 By region or country
    • HV8301-9920.7 Penology. Prisons. Corrections
      • HV9441-9920.7 By region or country

HX - Socialism. Communism. Anarchism

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