02611nam 2200613 450 991046365590332120200520144314.00-7735-9682-80-7735-9681-X(CKB)2670000000572505(EBL)3295761(SSID)ssj0001644922(PQKBManifestationID)16412780(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001644922(PQKBWorkID)14970044(PQKB)11355757(MiAaPQ)EBC4503010(CEL)447703(OCoLC)898085981(CaBNVSL)slc00235301(Au-PeEL)EBL4503010(CaPaEBR)ebr11238789(CaONFJC)MIL653670(OCoLC)881860052(EXLCZ)99267000000057250520160825d2014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOpium and empire the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson /Richard J. GraceMontreal :McGill-Queen's University Press,2014.1 online resource (432 p.)0-7735-4452-6 1-322-22390-4 Includes bibliographical references 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.BusinesspeopleGreat BritainBiographyGreat BritainCommerceChinaHistory19th centuryChinaCommerceGreat BritainHistory19th centuryChinaHistoryOpium War, 1840-1842Electronic books.Businesspeople382.0941Grace Richard J.239465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463655903321Opium and empire2250241UNINA