LEADER 02611nam 2200613 450 001 9910463655903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7735-9682-8 010 $a0-7735-9681-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000572505 035 $a(EBL)3295761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001644922 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16412780 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001644922 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14970044 035 $a(PQKB)11355757 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4503010 035 $a(CEL)447703 035 $a(OCoLC)898085981 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00235301 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4503010 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11238789 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL653670 035 $a(OCoLC)881860052 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000572505 100 $a20160825d2014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOpium and empire $ethe lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson /$fRichard J. Grace 210 1$aMontreal :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 311 $a0-7735-4452-6 311 $a1-322-22390-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrelude: 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? 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aBusinesspeople$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aGreat Britain$xCommerce$zChina$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aChina$xCommerce$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aChina$xHistory$yOpium War, 1840-1842 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBusinesspeople 676 $a382.0941 700 $aGrace$b Richard J.$0239465 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463655903321 996 $aOpium and empire$92250241 997 $aUNINA