Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Grace, Richard J. (1940-....)
Titre(s) : Opium and empire [Texte imprimé] : the lives and careers of William Jardine and James Matheson / Richard J. Grace
Publication : Montreal (Québec) : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2014]
Description matérielle : xi, 453 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 433-444 and index
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
Issued also in electronic format.
Sujet(s) : Jardine, William (1784-1843)
Matheson, James (1796-1878)
Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Indice(s) Dewey :
382.095 (23e éd.) = Commerce international - Asie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780773544529. - ISBN 0773544526. - ISBN 9780773596818 (erroné) (ePDF). - ISBN
9780773596825 (erroné) (ePUB)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb457993247
Notice n° :
FRBNF45799324
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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?