Title Opium and empire : the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson / Richard J. Grace.

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Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.

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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Summary	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.
Subject	Jardine, William, 1784-1843.
	Matheson, James, 1796-1878.
	Jardine, Matheson & Co -- History.
	Jardine, William, 1784-1843. (OCoLC)fst00502527
	Matheson, James, 1796-1878. (OCoLC)fst00257154
	Jardine, Matheson & Co. (OCoLC)fst00578362
	Opium War (China : 1840-1842) (OCoLC)fst01353914
	Great Britain -- Commerce -- China -- History -- 19th century.
	China -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842.
	Businesspeople -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
	Businesspeople. (OCoLC)fst00842980
	Commerce. (OCoLC)fst00869279
	China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Opium and empire. (CaOONL)20149038801
ISBN	9780773596818 (electronic bk.)
	077359681X (electronic bk.)
	9780773596825 (electronic bk.)
	0773596828 (electronic bk.)

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