This interdisciplinary collection reveals occupation and colonisation as comparable spatial realms. But these spaces are not motionless: this is a book about mobility and motility. The authors challenge readers to think anew about how occupation changes and controls the movement of, and interactions between, the various bodies within these spaces.

Christine de Matos, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts & Sciences and Business & Law, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Australia

This book provides a fresh and essential perspective on the spatial history of colonial and occupied Asia from the Andamans and Afghanistan to Japan and the Philippines. By employing a broad category of 'occupation' across space and varying scales, the authors invite us to rethink our assumptions about power and territory in Asia and beyond.

Su Lin Lewis, Associate Professor in Modern Global History, University of Bristol, UK

Spatial Histories of Occupation is a deeply researched, kaleidoscopic tour de force that ventures into rarely described environments in Southeast Asia and beyond that results in a provocative query on the social and environmental legacies of foreign occupation in Asia.

David Biggs, Professor of History, UC Riverside, USA

For those interested in specific case studies of foreign rule in various parts of Asia, all nine chapters provide a wealth of information … Readers can naturally decide for themselves how best to interpret and utilize the well-researched, persuasively argued chapters and introduction.

International Journal of Maritime History

The volume deals with diverse empires and communities across South, Southeast, and East Asia. Despite such a wide-ranging, ambitious attempt, it successfully provides focused discussions about spatial forms of domination and the responses and everyday experiences of marginalized people. This is a great contribution to trans-Asian studies, comparative colonialism, and environmental humanities as well as deeply grounded area studies of Asias.

The Journal of Asian Studies