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Opium and empire : the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grace, Richard J., 1940- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Jardine, William, > 1784-1843.
Matheson, James, > 1796-1878.
Jardine, Matheson & Co. > History.
Great Britain > Commerce > China > History > 19th century.
China > Commerce > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
China > History > Opium War, 1840-1842.
Businesspeople > Great Britain > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: The Scotland of Their Birth
  • 1 Origins
  • 2 Sailing from London to Canton
  • 3 The Sirens of Commerce
  • 4 The Heirs of Cox and Beale
  • 5 Doing Business at Creek Hong
  • 6 Charting New Waters
  • 7 The Partners Apart
  • 8 Approaching the Showdown in China
  • 9 Jardine's Farewell and Matheson's Great Headache
  • 10 Jardine's and Matheson's Roles in the Opium War
  • 11 Their Lives after China
  • 12 Sir James Matheson, Laird of Lewis
  • Postlude: Gentlemanly Capitalists?