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.
| ISBN: | 9780197263372 |
| Publication date: | 10th August 2006 |
| Author: | Alain Le Pichon |
| Publisher: | The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 626 pages |
| Series: | Records of Social and Economic History. New Series |
| Genres: |
General and world history Colonialism and imperialism National liberation and independence Economic history |
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.
China Trade and Empire features in the following genres: General and world history, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation and independence, Economic history
China Trade and Empire is available in Hardback
China Trade and Empire was written by Alain Le Pichon and published by The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press
China Trade and Empire has 626 pages
Yes it is part of Records of Social and Economic History. New Series series
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