Opium and Empire: The Lives and Careers of William Jardine and James Matheson
RICHARD J. GRACE
Copyright Date: 2014
Published by: McGill-Queen’s University Press
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt130hcbm
Table of Contents
Front Matter (pp. i-iv)
Table of Contents (pp. v-vi)
FOREWORD (pp. vii-xii)
Richard J. Grace
Illustrations (pp. xiii-2)
PRELUDE: (pp. 3-12)
1 ORIGINS (pp. 13-29)
2 SAILING FROM LONDON TO CANTON (pp. 30-54)
3 THE SIRENS OF COMMERCE (pp. 55-77)
4 THE HEIRS OF COX AND BEALE (pp. 78-105)
5 DOING BUSINESS AT CREEK HONG (pp. 106-130)
6 CHARTING NEW WATERS (pp. 131-160)
7 THE PARTNERS APART (pp. 161-189)
8 APPROACHING THE SHOWDOWN IN CHINA (pp. 190-223)
9 JARDINE’S FAREWELL AND MATHESON’S GREAT HEADACHE (pp. 224-258)
10 JARDINE’S AND MATHESON’S ROLES IN THE OPIUM WAR (pp. 259-287)
11 THEIR LIVES AFTER CHINA (pp. 288-307)
12 SIR JAMES MATHESON, LAIRD OF LEWIS (pp. 308-335)
POSTLUDE: (pp. 336-350)
NOTES (pp. 351-432)
BIBLIOGRAPHY (pp. 433-444)
INDEX (pp. 445-454)