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Sociology

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Call Numbers for Sociology Books

Note: in the early 1900s, the Library of Congress (of the United States) developed a system for classifying books by main subject, so books on similar subjects would be shelved together. Here is what they came up with for sociology. What might a sociologist today have to say about this in terms of the social production of knowledge?

  • HM - Sociology
  • 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.