Charles Keith. <i>Subjects and Sojourners: A History of Indochinese in France</i>

A History of Indochinese in France, Charles Keith offers a sweeping, detailed history of Indochinese colonial subjects who sojourned in France from the 1850s to the 1950s.The book sheds light on how their travel experiences transformed them and, consequently, their own societies upon their return.As the title suggests, the book indeed discusses "Indochinese" (Vietnamese, Khmer, and Lao) sojourners, but it is mostly about Vietnamese men.This is because, as Keith acknowledges, most Indochinese sojourners in France came from (and returned to) the Vietnamese regions of Cochinchina, Annam, and Tonkin rather than the Khmer and Lao regions and were also overwhelmingly male.