China Trade and Empire
Jardine, Matheson & Co. and the Origins of British Rule in Hong Kong, 1827-1843
Series: Records of Social and Economic History; 38;
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Product details:
- Publisher The British Academy
- Date of Publication 10 August 2006
- ISBN 9780197263372
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages648 pages
- Size 243x162x16 mm
- Weight 1152 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 4 maps, 6 b&w plates, tables 0
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Short description:
This edition of 263 letters written by or to William Jardine and James Matheson traces an intriguing range of commercial, political and personal dramas played out in Britain, India and China. The correspondence covers a period of rapid growth for Jardine, Matheson & Co, from 1827 when the founders first joined forces, to Jardine's death in 1843, shortly after the end of the Opium War. The letters document the immediate business concerns about tea, opium and British exports to China; but they also reveal articulate and passionate views on the major issues of the day, including monopoly, free trade, and after 1839 the conduct of the Opium War and the start of British rule in Hong Kong. The volume's detailed editorial notes make this a rich resource for anyone interested in individual families and firms engaged in the Eastern trade.
MoreLong description:
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.
Alain Le Pichon provides a comprehensive and very readable introduction to the trade in East Asia in the first half of the 19th century... handsomely produced, with useful maps and a good selection of plates, it is also very reasonably priced. More
