International standard book number
9780197263372
Shelfmark
CS.1301.28
Title
China trade and empire : Jartine, Matheson & co. and the origins of British rule in Hong Kong 1827-1843 / edited by Alain le Pichon.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2007.
Physical description
xvii, 626p [8]p of plates : ill., maps ; 24cm.
Series statement
(Records of social and economic history New series 38)
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Includes indexes.
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First published 2006, reprinted 2007.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: The letters of William Jardine and James Matheson, co-founders of the Hong Kong Trading Firm Jardine, Matheson & Co., shed new light on the important commercial, economic and political developments of the nineteenth century. Local and world politics, debate about freedom, monopoly and free trade, the conduct of the Opium War and the beginnings of British rule in Hong Kong are passionately discussed alongside the immediate business concerns of tea, opium and British exports to China. The letters from the Jardine Matheson Archive, collected here for the first time, portray a fascinating commercial, political and personal drama played out in England, Scotland, India, and China. A substantial introduction provides the historical background of British involvement in Eastern trade from the eighteenth century up to the beginnings of British Rule in Hong Kong.
Note
Publisher's dust-jacket and green cloth binding.
Provenance
Given to Eton College Library by Nicholas Kessler in 2009.
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Hong Kong (China)
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Great Britain Commerce China.
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China Commerce Great Britain.
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England Oxford.
Identifier
B20367