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1 online resource (xi, 5 unnumbered pages of plates, 453 pages) : maps, portraits |
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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? |
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9780773596818 (electronic bk.) |
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077359681X (electronic bk.) |
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9780773596825 (electronic bk.) |
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0773596828 (electronic bk.) |
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9780773544529 |
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