Eighteenth-century British imperial ideology shifted from conversion to market motives.
Evidence
The eighteenth century English author, Daniel Defoe of Robinson Crusoe fame, captured this shift in his call for British domination of Muslim lands based not on Christian zeal but market needs. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 153
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
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