Grace, Richard J.,  1940- <br/><br/>
Opium and empire :  the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson / 
Richard J. Grace. 
 - Montreal ;  Kingston ;  London ;  Ithaca :  McGill-Queen's University Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 5 unnumbered pages of plates, 453 pages) :  maps, portraits 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773596818 9780773596825 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>2014903881X  can 20149038801  can 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Jardine, Matheson & Co.--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Businesspeople--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Businessmen--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF486  / .O658 2014