Replication Data for: The Empire Within: Longitudinal Evidence on the Expansion of Christian Missions in Colonial Africa

This dataset is based on the 1925 World Missionary Atlas (WMA) by Harlan P. Beach and Charles H. Fahs, published by the Institute for Social and Religious Research (New York). The dataset features aggregated, cross-validated information from maps and indexes contained in the WMA. Overall, it provides information on 1,895 mission stations that were established before 1925. For the purpose of geo--referencing, the WMA maps were digitized and where necessary complemented with additional information on historical place names.

本数据集以哈兰·P·比奇（Harlan P. Beach）与查尔斯·H·法斯（Charles H. Fahs）合著、纽约社会与宗教研究研究所（Institute for Social and Religious Research, New York）于1925年出版的《世界传教地图集（World Missionary Atlas，简称WMA）》为基础编制而成。该数据集收录了该地图集中各类地图与索引的经聚合处理与交叉验证后的信息，整体涵盖了1925年之前设立的1895处传教站的相关信息。为实现地理配准（geo-referencing），研究团队对该地图集的地图进行了数字化处理，并在必要时补充了历史地名的相关额外信息。