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050		4	_aHF3508.C5 G73 2014
082	0		_a382.0941/05109034
100	1		_aGrace, Richard J.
245	1	0	_aOpium and Empire : _bThe Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aMontreal : _bMcGill-Queen's University Press, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_a1 online resource (473 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- 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.
520			_aA close look at two infamous Scottish capitalists engaged in the opium trade.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aJardine, William,-1784-1843.
650		0	_aMatheson, James,-1796-1878.
650		0	_aBusinesspeople-Great Britain-Biography.
650		0	_aGreat Britain-Commerce-China-History-19th century.
650		0	_aChina-Commerce-Great Britain-History-19th century.
650		0	_aChina-History-Opium War, 1840-1842.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aGrace, Richard J. _tOpium and Empire _dMontreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2014 _z9780773547261
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4503010 _zClick to View
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