Grace, Richard J. <br/><br/>
Opium and Empire :  The Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (473 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- Illustrations -- 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 SHOWDOWNIN 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? -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. 
<br/><br/> A close look at two infamous Scottish capitalists engaged in the opium trade. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773596825 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jardine, William,-1784-1843.<br/>Matheson, James,-1796-1878.<br/>Businesspeople-Great Britain-Biography.<br/>Great Britain-Commerce-China-History-19th century.<br/>China-Commerce-Great Britain-History-19th century.<br/>China-History-Opium War, 1840-1842.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF3508.C5 G73 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>382.0941/05109034