Keywords

Vocabulary: Themes and Motifs
Term ID Term Parentsort ascending Description
1404 Terror Psychological
1774 Motivation Psychological
1807 Manipulation Psychological
1864 Will to endure Psychological
1921 Trauma Psychological
2206 Learning disability Psychological
2360 Unconscious Psychological
3426 Disembodiment Psychological
4224 Repression Psychological
4573 Denial Psychological
4619 Rationalizing Psychological
Vocabulary: Cultural Issues
Term ID Term Parentsort ascending Description
765 Roads Progress
958 Clearing the land Progress
980 Trains Progress
1309 Country to city Progress

To capture the movement of people from the countryside to more urban areas, including moving from Frenchman's Bend to Jefferson, as Zilphia Gant's mother and so many Snopeses do. SR

1416 Cars Progress
1435 Elevator Progress
1457 Infrastructure Progress

This is a blanket term for any infrastructural development that happens. This is used for something that is either not covered, or when infrastructure in general improves. The specific example here is about Jefferson not being developed enough for it to have anything the Union Army might want. JB

1662 Historical Progress
1665 Technological Progress
1675 Religion Progress
1676 Education Progress
1677 Requirements Progress
1684 Ironies of Progress
1694 Frontier times Progress
1697 Building structure Progress
1703 Mail delivery Progress
1706 Renovations Progress
1708 Frontier to civilization Progress
2060 Electrification Progress
2166 New replacing old Progress
2533 Renaming Progress

The renaming of a product or object due to modernization. This is different than Themes-> Naming -> Change over time which is related to people. JB

2803 Regional Progress
3019 As loss Progress
3035 Air travel Progress
3198 Consumerism Progress
3356 Skyscraper Progress
3780 Smoke stack Progress
3867 Factory Progress
3868 Streetcar line Progress
4033 Agricultural Progress
4432 Homogeneity Progress
4496 Telegraph Progress
4978 Social Progress
5105 Racialized Progress
5360 Paving Progress
5409 Pace of travel Progress
5441 Gentrification Progress
5495 Road traffic Progress
5507 Neon lights Progress
5525 Growing population Progress
5537 Indoor plumbing Progress
5627 Tractor Progress
512 Racism Prejudice
572 White supremacy Prejudice
1358 Socio-economic Prejudice
3535 Infantilizing of blacks Prejudice
4295 Not caring about race Prejudice
4470 Anti-Semitism Prejudice
4967 Anti-Catholic Prejudice
5504 Anti-Asian Prejudice
716 Voting Politics
1050 Presidential administration Politics
1066 Election Politics
1216 Taxes Politics
1794 Republicanism Politics
1849 City government Politics
2576 Republican Politics

In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB

2577 Democrat Politics

In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB

2578 Liberal Politics

In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB

2579 Conservative Politics

In The Reivers Lucius Priest defines the various positions of Conservative, Liberal, Republican, and Democrat in the following manner: "Like this: a Republican is a man who made his money; a Liberal is a man who inherited his; a Democrat is a barefoot Liberal in a cross-country race; a Conservative is a Republican who has learned to read and write." (109) Though, these positions are hardly set in stone it is important to note the distinct separation between political outlook and political party. JB

2900 Democracy Politics
4658 Public opinion Politics
4688 Political ambition Politics
4955 Campaigning Politics
4971 Demagoguery Politics
4979 Exploitative Politics
5456 And race Politics
5500 Progressive Politics
5521 One-Party Politics
5566 Local political bosses Politics
5589 Corruption Politics
Vocabulary: Actions
Term ID Term Parentsort ascending Description
937 Gambling Play
1289 School recess Play
1858 Historical recreation Play
1955 Poker Play
2074 Card playing Play

Added for moments when it is unclear if (a) the game is poker, or (b) if gambling is occurring. -JBP

2192 Children playing Play
2205 Sports Golf Play
2480 Playing in water Play

For when people (usually children) are playing (splashing, etc.) in water - a creek or branch - as in The Sound and the Fury. Distinct from "swimming" per se. JBP

2729 Checkers Play
2730 Chess Play
3401 Polo Play
3469 Tennis Play
3591 Sports Crew / rowing Play
3777 Betting Play
3840 Sport-fencing Play
4175 Joking around Play
4225 Prank Play
4723 Fireworks Play

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