imperialism that spanned most of the nineteenth and some of the twentieth century. Osterhammel highlights that following the two Anglo-Chinese wars of 1840-42 and 1856-60, ‘a system of international treaties were established that turned large parts of China into an uncolonized extension of Empire’ . From 1860, the treaties ensured low tariffs, privileged treatment of British goods and guaranteed British access to a number of six ‘treaty ports’ in major Chinese cities. Post-1860, two British companies
4.1 The dawn of the railway development in Thailand Territory, technology, and money To put it bluntly, the birth of the railway development in Siam walked hand in hand with the emergence of modernized Siam, which has consisted of two characteristics: territorialized nation-state and capitalist economy. Several studies, for example, Holm (1991), Chaiyan (1994), and Kakizaki (2005) which conclude that the newly-built railway system was concomitantly a tool of the Thai state in centralizing power
3. Pegasus Airlines According to Pegasus site official information (Source: http://www.flypgs.com/en/about-pegasus/pegasus-history.aspx, 2013) and (http://www.pegasusyatirimciiliskileri.com/en/about/history-of-pegasus.aspx): "The company offered 34.5 percent of its shares of stock to the public. The shares began to be traded at the Borsa Istanbul as BIST: PGSUS on April 26, 2013. It is a leading low-cost airline in Turkey, which provides reasonably priced transportation opportunities in short and
1. Concept of armed conflict. Conflict is one of the things that occur with the highest frequency in human’s life. It can be the struggle or the opposition in the needs, interests, thoughts… In daily life, in a definite family, a son can clash with his father only because of the fact that he hates being forced to take care of his younger sister. This is only a small and low level of conflict example. Besides, it can be concluded that conflict is likely to escalate to a higher stage which means for