Charles Keith, *Subjects and Sojourners: A History of Indochinese in France*. Oakland: University of California Press, 2024.

During the era of French colonial rule in Indochina, around two hundred thousand Indochinese individuals spent time in France. This research presents a captivating and thorough social, cultural, and political history of this varied group, which included everyone from ruling monarchs to the most marginalized laborers. Utilizing a range of rich yet often overlooked archives, Charles Keith explores how French colonialism extended Indochina’s colonial society into France, where Indochinese individuals studied, worked, fought, and lived in imperial environments that were significantly different from those they had departed. Their time in France transformed these travelers, and upon their return to Indochina, they subsequently altered colonial society. In conclusion, Indochinese people did not simply encounter 'France' in the colony: they traveled there and experienced it firsthand.