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Opium and empire : the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson / Richard J. Grace.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 5 unnumbered pages of plates, 453 pages) : maps, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773596818
  • 9780773596825
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HF486 .O658 2014
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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?
Subject: In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British trading company in East Asia in the nineteenth century. This book explores the depths of each man, their complicated and sometimes inconsistent internal workings, and their achievements and failures.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction HF486 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn881860052

Includes bibliographies and index.

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?

In 1832 William Jardine and James Matheson established what would become the greatest British trading company in East Asia in the nineteenth century. This book explores the depths of each man, their complicated and sometimes inconsistent internal workings, and their achievements and failures.

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