Replication Data for Civilized Barbarism: What We Miss When We Ignore Colonial Violence (doi:10.7910/DVN/9XV0B7)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for Civilized Barbarism: What We Miss When We Ignore Colonial Violence

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/9XV0B7

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2023-08-03

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

MacDonald, Paul K., 2023, "Replication Data for Civilized Barbarism: What We Miss When We Ignore Colonial Violence", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9XV0B7, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:4i3A8HeaxNAFwR6dA81/PA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication Data for Civilized Barbarism: What We Miss When We Ignore Colonial Violence

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/9XV0B7

Authoring Entity:

MacDonald, Paul K. (Wellesley College)

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

MacDonald, Paul K.

Depositor:

MacDonald, Paul K.

Date of Deposit:

2023-06-27

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/9XV0B7

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences

Abstract:

Dataset of civilian victimization in colonial wars from 1815 to 2003. Includes original dataset and log. Analyses conducted on a MacBook Air using State/BE 17.0.

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

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File Description--f7246751

File: macdonald_colonialviolence(data)_main.tab

  • Number of cases: 516

  • No. of variables per record: 40

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

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File Description--f7246750

File: macdonald_colonialviolence(data)_morrow.tab

  • Number of cases: 415

  • No. of variables per record: 8

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

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Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • warid - War ID number
  • civtarget - Civilian victimization, defined by Downes, 0=no 1=yes
  • democ7 - Democratic state, Polity II score, 0=no 1=yes
  • warstrat - Wartime strategy, 0=conventional 1=guerrilla
  • waraims - War aims, 0=pacificaiton 1=annexation
  • capstate - State capabilities, COW CINC
  • post45 - War start post-1945, 0=no 1=yes
  • colonial - Colonial War, 0=no 1=yes
  • civtargetcap - Civilian vcitimization (capable states only), defined by Downes, 0=no 1=yes
  • masskill - Mass Killing, as defined by Valentino
  • logdur - War duration, natural log of days from start to finish
  • lawshare - International law, share of legal agreements signed and ratified
  • lawdich - International law, dichotomous ratified operative treaty
  • vdemlibdem - State degree of Liberal Democracy, V-Dem measure
  • milprof - Military Professionalism, as defined by Toronto
  • miledu - Military education, number of military academies in state
  • year - Year of start of colonial war
  • century - Century, 0=nineteenth, 1=twentieth
  • draft - State military is conscript military, 0=no 1=yes
  • caseid - Case ID number
  • post17 - War start post-1917, 0=no 1=yes
  • ccode - Colonial power COW country code
  • region - Location of war, by region
  • namerica - War located in N.America, 0=no 1=yes
  • samerica - War located in S.America, 0=no 1=yes
  • meast - War located in Middle East, 0=no 1=yes
  • africa - War located in Africa, 0=no 1=yes
  • asia - War located in Asia, 0=no 1=yes
  • europe - War located in Europe, 0=no 1=yes
  • uk - War fought by Great Britain, 0=no 1=yes
  • setcolon - Settler Colony, 0=no 1=yes
  • overseas - War located in overseas colony, 0=no 1=yes
  • conventional - Conventional wartime strategy, 0=no 1=yes
  • guerrilla - Guerrilla wartime strategy, 0=no 1=yes
  • distance - Distance from metropole capital to colonial war loction, natural log kilometers
  • post1899 - War start post-1899, 0=no 1=yes
  • indirectcolon - Indirect rule colony, 0=no 1=yes
  • comident - Combatant identity, 0=non-racialized 1=racialized
  • decade - Decade of start of colonial war
  • post17warstrat - Interaciton term for post17 and warstrat variables
  • caseno - Case number, interstate cases 1-222, colonial cases 223-415
  • year - Year of war initiation
  • colonial - Colonial war dummy, 0=not colonial war 1=colonial war
  • mag_aerial - Magnitude of aerial target of civilians, 4-point scale
  • mag_pows - Magintude of prisoner abuse, 4-pt scale
  • mag_civ - Magnitude of civilian targeting, 4-pt scale
  • mag_cbw - Magnitude of inhumane weapons use, 4-pt scale
  • century - Century of year state of war, 0=19th century 1=20th century

Variables

War ID number

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 104.64147286821677; StDev 78.87281974252684; Valid 516.0; Min. 1.0; Max. 286.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bVZp940pWqrAGw9kM2vCHQ==

Civilian victimization, defined by Downes, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4894715780963604; Mean 0.39562624254473217; Valid 503.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ffVCVLAfylpW7YzjQVwSSg==

Democratic state, Polity II score, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.46446183567107513; Valid 510.0; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.3137254901960793

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:LprjZL7bfHK+4tLRbTLZFg==

Wartime strategy, 0=conventional 1=guerrilla

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4680620430425479; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.32295719844358; Valid 514.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oKD5vEyrkrGIX+oKUCkQkQ==

War aims, 0=pacificaiton 1=annexation

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 514.0; Mean 0.2568093385214014; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4372989202406243

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:B7a9eT9KrOfQ5CYLkCf6bg==

State capabilities, COW CINC

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.08692255447260966; Mean 0.07405281543642117; Max. 0.33660000562667847; Min. 9.999999747378752E-5; Valid 515.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:NEvvkB3mTcWe3RuOiYhxdw==

War start post-1945, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.25968992248062045; StDev 0.43888992889408474; Min. 0.0; Valid 516.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:EztSkkj7dGh+aO7PRRqbBQ==

Colonial War, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 516.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.48434124114265203; Mean 0.3740310077519378

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gpovx6m6FspdTgdC/8M5/g==

Civilian vcitimization (capable states only), defined by Downes, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 366.0; Mean 0.5437158469945342; StDev 0.4987671003642068; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:g2fd/k7QMbQcPZ4dsQqzZg==

Mass Killing, as defined by Valentino

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Valid 510.0; StDev 0.2751715895128448; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.08235294117647075

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:rGSFdEko1Z6DY2FGw1pXRA==

War duration, natural log of days from start to finish

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 4.0507001876831055; Mean 2.3993846908096197; Valid 516.0; StDev 0.7531987659264469

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aG4fMfuzkZTF4B66dM3qCA==

International law, share of legal agreements signed and ratified

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 0.5271201543654356; StDev 0.3854255175833444; Max. 1.0; Valid 516.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:8SVQmcya4XLpu0grDPpYXQ==

International law, dichotomous ratified operative treaty

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.49709020094028183; Valid 516.0; Mean 0.44186046511627936;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:j0rpgw4vC4t5CnsVqOIPkg==

State degree of Liberal Democracy, V-Dem measure

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.006000000052154064; StDev 0.20058020213395342; Valid 507.0; Max. 0.8140000104904175; Mean 0.24880473252158056;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:z5AQKiZfQ+c7FyWPVJV/Gw==

Military Professionalism, as defined by Toronto

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 14.44221305847168; StDev 2.298260203100497; Valid 460.0; Min. 1.0066747665405273; Mean 5.987317442116528;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:A7nvTCj6jrCYy0WHH3OKZQ==

Military education, number of military academies in state

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 4.0; StDev 1.35242816477281; Valid 485.0; Mean 2.059793814432987

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:CTfbBrtFVmWffieTIewJKw==

Year of start of colonial war

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2003.0; Mean 1911.6027131782944; StDev 46.683224075679455; Valid 516.0; Min. 1816.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:pPh4ogecBYXL2F2lo5rckw==

Century, 0=nineteenth, 1=twentieth

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; StDev 0.4917648050240502; Valid 511.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.5929549902152644

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:pOTTwbNFiiTBna1zkPBLzw==

State military is conscript military, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 516.0; Mean 0.8527131782945734; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.35473551353629523;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:KHHQ44nkDm4sHw8Z+FKoTg==

Case ID number

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 258.5; Valid 516.0; StDev 149.10063715490958; Max. 516.0; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:1xWr/ZcZcH5UAwg4u2Ns0A==

War start post-1917, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1.0; Mean 0.44961240310077566; Min. 0.0; Valid 516.0; StDev 0.4979373424937597

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:TgjOZZcNaquFAEJhulV7FQ==

Colonial power COW country code

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 516.0; Min. 2.0; Max. 920.0; Mean 341.4883720930234; StDev 222.39660597672366;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:J2TnQRu6fTNRMV1e3baBtA==

Location of war, by region

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 6.0; Mean 4.13372093023256; Valid 516.0; StDev 1.545286133565623;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:/6MS9kEScx1wVhCtZVsakQ==

War located in N.America, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 516.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.06976744186046506; StDev 0.25500189259919454;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Ba7TqS43LWnbNtqn91jiUA==

War located in S.America, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.04457364341085288; Valid 516.0; StDev 0.20656603449006905; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:5zyxOjaZOBsWeFVP2TEWKQ==

War located in Middle East, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.17441860465116302; Min. 0.0; Valid 516.0; StDev 0.37983728141432227; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:5CK0dL0poAr9wAsFvxxcNQ==

War located in Africa, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.1298449612403107; StDev 0.3364589664587404; Valid 516.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Fe2CHHHgZJGHaObcuMMiIQ==

War located in Asia, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.45629322500720637; Valid 516.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.2945736434108524; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:GxWMmLokjDMXWrCBi1E/7w==

War located in Europe, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4527164774182862; Mean 0.2868217054263567; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 516.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:CQd1iyzPm67fFOMGmaYhqA==

War fought by Great Britain, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.17248062015503815; Valid 516.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.37816425466612674; Max. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zBomrcYSOHnAUVRgrOyl6w==

Settler Colony, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.4939181055512791; Max. 1.0; Valid 193.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.4145077720207255;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jWVxBGltmmwzfNt6oqdyjw==

War located in overseas colony, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.8290155440414508; StDev 0.37747456421873504; Valid 193.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:PiHExA6NPlQgk3DeahoKIg==

Conventional wartime strategy, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 193.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.2538860103626938; StDev 0.43636510833477604; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:s6JcuJv4XcBL/p/P2LUMqg==

Guerrilla wartime strategy, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.5001618908897852; Mean 0.4663212435233157; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; Valid 193.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:wAvLl3Z/jgd/wr2pMmen9A==

Distance from metropole capital to colonial war loction, natural log kilometers

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 9.82021427154541; Valid 193.0; Min. 0.6931471824645996; Mean 8.39974159774385; StDev 0.9735332358787409;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:4X/Pn6VJ17lCIoLWdP+8pQ==

War start post-1899, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.49099668549232106; Valid 516.0; Mean 0.5968992248062021

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bhB/MLkZTgElUT8V76CfDQ==

Indirect rule colony, 0=no 1=yes

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Valid 193.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.4196891191709846; StDev 0.4947915246341036

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Aon9ypVj29hYwqhY1cFobA==

Combatant identity, 0=non-racialized 1=racialized

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.6899224806201555; Valid 516.0; StDev 0.46297391756772976; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yopPVanpb67wZ9Ax2Dmuwg==

Decade of start of colonial war

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 10.726744186046508; Valid 516.0; Max. 20.0; StDev 4.732550151080331; Min. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ulihP6vGGo+ukECb7aPR+A==

Interaciton term for post17 and warstrat variables

f7246751 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.15953307392996138; StDev 0.3665291819271397; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 514.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yOfXz/z9Xn/l0CeGrKoBiA==

Case number, interstate cases 1-222, colonial cases 223-415

f7246750 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 415.0; StDev 119.94443157840495; Valid 415.0; Mean 208.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lAdNJpIHjHW4JtzCEmDO8g==

Year of war initiation

f7246750 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2000.0; Mean 1913.6674698795182; Valid 415.0; StDev 40.57426276765339; Min. 1815.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:3TrAaHxFk3Juu8Mc50SWwA==

Colonial war dummy, 0=not colonial war 1=colonial war

f7246750 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4993797444956101; Valid 415.0; Max. 1.0; Mean 0.46506024096385645;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:T9YnzdGaWChsH0DPa0A+bA==

Magnitude of aerial target of civilians, 4-point scale

f7246750 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 222.0; Min. 1.0; Max. 4.0; StDev 1.0453127051280793; Mean 2.157657657657657

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:mPqrKXDa0/p9NYKKnGNZbQ==

Magintude of prisoner abuse, 4-pt scale

f7246750 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.9408129046112355; Max. 4.0; Mean 2.865060240963855; Min. 1.0; Valid 415.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:5dCkl5JU8aTsq/V3DzWKIw==

Magnitude of civilian targeting, 4-pt scale

f7246750 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.8587921803788128; Valid 415.0; Mean 3.093975903614458; Min. 1.0; Max. 4.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:MezcHSB49Xe1+iZ5o3NVBg==

Magnitude of inhumane weapons use, 4-pt scale

f7246750 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.8544471138605729; Min. 1.0; Mean 1.3442211055276387; Max. 4.0; Valid 398.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:HoWffKfNWOZNvdNiHJFegg==

Century of year state of war, 0=19th century 1=20th century

f7246750 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.701204819277108; Valid 415.0; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.4582823360043754

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:LYsK1SGuUDiwmylEjpEkLA==

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

macdonald_colonialviolence(do)_main.do

Text:

Stata do file for use with main dataset

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

macdonald_colonialviolence(do)_morrow.do

Text:

Stata do file for use with secondary dataset

Notes:

application/x-stata-syntax

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Label:

macdonald_colonialviolence(excel).xlsx

Text:

Excel spreadsheet, use to replicate Figure 1

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