Combining fresh approaches with a historical synthesis, this work presents general history of French Indochina. Focusing on economic, social, intellectual, and cultural dimensions, it treats Indochina's history from its inception in Cochinchina in 1858 to its crumbling at Dien Bien Ph in 1954 and on to decolonization.
"An important, well-conceived, and original piece of historical synthesis."--Peter Zinoman, author of The Colonial Bastille: A History of Imprisonment in Vietnam
"Indochina is the first and best general history of French colonial Indochina from its inception in 1858 to its crumbling in 1954. It is the only work to avoid nationalist, colonialist, and anticolonialist historiographies in order to fully explore the ambiguity of the French colonial period. A major contribution to the national histories of France, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia."--Christopher Goscha, Université du Québec à Montréal
"A boon for anyone interested in the region."
