Tamara Loos

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Loos, Tamara (2006). Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
  • Loos, Tamara (November 2005). "Sex in the Inner City: The Fidelity between Sex and Politics in Siam". The Journal of Asian Studies. 64 (4): 881–909. doi:10.1017/S0021911805002263. S2CID   154473418.
  • Loos, Tamara (2009). "Transnational histories of sexualities in Asia". The American Historical Review. 114 (5): 1309–1324. doi:10.1086/ahr.114.5.1309. PMID   20425923.
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    Tamara Loos
    OccupationProfessor of History
    Academic background
    Education
    • Pomona College, Cum Laude in Asian Studies
    • Cornell University, Masters Southeast Asian History
    • Cornell University, PhD, Major field in Southeast Asian History; Minor fields in Modern Chinese History and Women’s Studies
    Doctoral advisor David K. Wyatt
    Other advisors