"We have defined colonialism as the forcible takeover of land and economy, and, in the case of European colonialism, a restructuring of non-capitalist economies in order to fuel European capitalism. This allows us to understand modern European colonialism not as some trans-historical impulse to conquer but as an integral part of capitalist development."
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Ania Loomba, Colonialism/Postcolonialism (2015). (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge. p. 40.
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