TY  - BOOK
AU  - Grace,Richard J.
TI  - Opium and Empire: The Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson
SN  - 9780773596825
AV  - HF3508.C5 G73 2014 
U1  - 382.0941/05109034 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Montreal
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Jardine, William,-1784-1843
KW  - Matheson, James,-1796-1878
KW  - Businesspeople-Great Britain-Biography
KW  - Great Britain-Commerce-China-History-19th century
KW  - China-Commerce-Great Britain-History-19th century
KW  - China-History-Opium War, 1840-1842
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - A close look at two infamous Scottish capitalists engaged in the opium trade
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ER  -