 | Subject Siam: Family, Law, and Colonial Modernity in Thailand Subjects: Domestic relations -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century; Domestic relations (Islamic law) -- Thailand Southern -- History -- 20th century; Courts Islamic -- Thailand Sonthern -- History -- 20th century; Law -- Thailand -- History -- 20th century; Nat; Unlike its Southeast Asian neighbors, Thailand was never colonized by an imperial power. However, Siam (as Thailand was called until 1939) shared a great deal in common with both colonized states and imperial powers: its sovereignty was qualified by... Tamara Loos is Associate Professor of History at Cornell University. |
