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Author Grace, Richard J., 1940- author.
Title Opium and empire : the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson / Richard J. Grace.
Publisher Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Copyright date ©2014



Descript 1 online resource (xi, 5 unnumbered pages of plates, 453 pages) : maps, portraits
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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?
ISBN 9780773596818 (electronic bk.)
077359681X (electronic bk.)
9780773596825 (electronic bk.)
0773596828 (electronic bk.)
9780773544529
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Author Grace, Richard J., 1940- author.
Subject Jardine, William, 1784-1843.
Matheson, James, 1796-1878.
Jardine, Matheson & Co. -- History.
Businesspeople -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century.
China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
Descript 1 online resource (xi, 5 unnumbered pages of plates, 453 pages) : maps, portraits
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript text file rdaft
PDF
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?
ISBN 9780773596818 (electronic bk.)
077359681X (electronic bk.)
9780773596825 (electronic bk.)
0773596828 (electronic bk.)
9780773544529
Author Grace, Richard J., 1940- author.
Subject Jardine, William, 1784-1843.
Matheson, James, 1796-1878.
Jardine, Matheson & Co. -- History.
Businesspeople -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century.
China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.

Subject Jardine, William, 1784-1843.
Matheson, James, 1796-1878.
Jardine, Matheson & Co. -- History.
Businesspeople -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century.
China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
Descript 1 online resource (xi, 5 unnumbered pages of plates, 453 pages) : maps, portraits
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Descript text file rdaft
PDF
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?
ISBN 9780773596818 (electronic bk.)
077359681X (electronic bk.)
9780773596825 (electronic bk.)
0773596828 (electronic bk.)
9780773544529

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