Opium and empire : the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grace, Richard J., 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Jardine, William, > 1784-1843.
Matheson, James, > 1796-1878.
Jardine, William, > 1784-1843
Matheson, James, > 1796-1878
Jardine, Matheson & Co. > History.
Jardine, Matheson & Co > Histoire.
Jardine, Matheson & Co.
1800-1899
Businesspeople > Great Britain > Biography.
Businessmen > Great Britain.
Hommes d'affaires > Grande-Bretagne.
Gens d'affaires > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Businessmen
Businesspeople
Commerce
Great Britain > Commerce > China > History > 19th century.
China > Commerce > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
China > History > Opium War, 1840-1842.
Chine > Commerce > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Chine > Histoire > 1840-1842 (Guerre de l'opium)
Grande-Bretagne > Commerce > Chine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
China
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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