| COW | Territorial Change, 1816-2000 (v3.0) |
The territorial change dataset is the result of the effort to identify and code all territorial changes involving at least one nation-state (as defined by the Correlates of War project) for the period 1816-2000.
The 1816-2000 version of this data set (v3.0) is an update of the earlier territorial change data set that ended in 1996. In this version, 10 new cases have been added for 1997-2000 time period. In addition, some minor changes/corrections have been made to existing data points. Full details of these modifications are included in the update documentation.
In any papers or publications that utilize this data set, users are asked to give the version number and cite the article of record for the data set, as follows:
Bibliography Entry: Tir, Jaroslav, Philip Schafer, Paul Diehl, and Gary Goertz. 1998. "Territorial Changes, 1816-1996: Procedures and Data" Conlict Mangagement and Peace Science 16(1):89-97.
There are several files included in the distribution ZIP file, tc2000.zip. Click here to receive data set.
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tc2000.csv - the data in comma-separated variable ASCII format |
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tc2000.xls - the data in Microsoft Excel format |
| 3 | tc2000.doc - document discussing changes and update from the 1996 version of the data to version 3.0, in Microsoft Word format. |
| 4 | tc2000.rtf - document discussing changes and update from the 1996 version of the data to version 3.0, in rich text format. |
| 5 | tcmanual.doc - the main territorial change coding manual in Microsoft Word format |
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tcmanual.rtf - the main territorial change coding manual in rich-text format |
The documentation may also be viewed online:
The territorial change data set is hosted by Paul Diehl, the University of Illinois, under the COW Data Set Hosting Program. In case of questions or concerns concerning the data or coding rules, he may be contacted by email at pdiehl@uiuc.edu.