Sociology 

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HM - HV : Sociology. The Family. Societies. Communities. Social Pathology

HM   Sociology (General)

Note: HM 1 - HM 299 were used until Jan. 1999. After that date they were replaced by a revised HM class that begins HM 401.

• 1 -299   Sociology (General and theoretical)
• 251 -291   Social psychology
  
  
• 401 - 1281   Sociology (General)
• 435 - 477   History of sociology
• 481 - 554   Theory
• 621 - 656   Culture
• 661 - 696   Social control
• 711 - 806   Groups and organizations
• 811 - 821   Deviant behavior
• 1001 - 1281   Social psychology

HN  Social History and Conditions, Social Problems, Social ReformM

• 1 -981   Social history. Social problems. Social reform
• 30 -39   The church and social problems
• 50 -981   By region or country

HQ   The Family, Marriage, Women

• 1 -2039   The Family. Marriage. Woman
• 12 -449   Sexual life
• 450 -472   Erotica
• 503 -1064   The family. Marriage. Home. Including child study, youth, adolescence, adulthood, eugenics, desertion, adultery, divorce, polygamy, the aged
• 755.7 - 759.92   Parents. Parenthood.
• 767.8 - 792.2   Children. Child development.
• 793 - 799.9   Youth. Adolescents
• 801 - 801.83   Man-woman relationships. Dating
• 811 - 960.7   Divorce
• 1073 - 1073.5   Death. Dying
• 1075 - 1075.5   Sex role
• 1088 - 1090.7   Men
• 1101 -2030.7   Women. Feminism
• 2035 -2039   Life skills. Coping skills. Everyday living skills

HS   Societies: Secret, Benevolent, etc.

• 1 - 3369   Societies: Secret, benevolent, etc. Clubs. Including Freemasons, religious societies, ethnic societies, political societies, Boy Scouts

HT   Commnities, Classes, Races

• 51 - 1595   Communities. Classes. Races.
• 51 - 65   Human settlements
• 101 - 395   Urban sociology. The city.
• 401 - 485   Rural sociology
• 601 - 1445 Social classes. Including middle class, serfdom, slavery
• 1501 - 1595   Races. Here are classed works on the 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 - 696   Social service. Charities.
• 697 - 4959   Protection, assistance and relief. Arranged by special classes of persons, as determined by age, defects, occupation, race, economic status, etc. Including protection of animals.
• 4961 - 4995   Degeneration
• 4997 - 5000   Substance abuse
• 5001 - 5720.5   Alcoholism. Intemperance. Temperance reform.
• 5725 - 5770   Tobacco habit
• 5800 - 5840   Drug habits. Drug abuse.
• 6001 - 7220.5   Criminology
• 6251 - 6773.3   Crimes and offenses
• 7231 - 9960   Criminal justice administration
• 8301 - 9920.5   Penology. Including police, punishment and reform, juvenile delinquency.

Also of interest:

GT   Manners & Customs (General)

• 1 - 7070   Manners and customs (General) For works limited to special countries, see D-F
• 170 - 476   Houses. Dwellings
• 495 - 499   Human body. Personal beauty
• 500 - 2370   Costume. Dress. Fashion
• 2400 - 5090   Custom relative to private and public life Including love, marriage, eating & drinking, funeral customs, town life, court life, festivals, holidays, etc.
• 5320 - 6720   Customs relative to special classes. By birth, occupation, etc.

H   Social Sciences (General)

• 1 -99   Social sciences (General)
• 1- 8   Periodicals
• 40-49   Dictionaries, encyclopedias
• 51-53   History
• 61   Theory

HA   Statistics

• 1 - 4737  Statistics Including collections of general and census statistics of special countries. For mathematical statistics, see QA
• 29 - 32  Theory and methods of social statistics
• 38 - 39   Registration of vital events
• 154 - 4737   Statistical data