标题：Trần Ðình Trụ. Ship of Fate: Memoir of a Vietnamese Repatriate. Translated by Bac Hoai Tran and Jana K. Lipman. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press in association with UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 2017.
摘要：In sum, this lively and ambitious monograph is solidly researched and pushes the envelopeon how we might define and study an economic zone by successfully sailing around national boundaries.However, more could have been done to interrogate theoretical paradigms in the writing oftransnational as well as indigenous history. A few suggestive analytical frameworks such as cosmopolitanismin indenture are introduced at the beginning of the book but remain regrettably underdevelopedin the content chapters. Consequently, it is a volume that piques further curiosity ratherthan forges new ground. Still, it is a valuable addition to a growing literature on Eastern Indonesiaand revisionist Australian history. It is highly recommended for scholars of migration and thosewith an interest in Indonesia-Australia relations.
