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Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. The Scotland of their birth 3
5. Origins 13
6. Sailing from london to canton 30
7. The sirens of commerce 55
8. The heirs of cox and beale 78
9. Doing business at creek hong 106
10. Charting new waters 131
11. The partners apart 161
12. Approaching the showdown in China 190
13. Jardine's farewell and matheson's great headache 224
14. Jardine's and matheson's roles in the opium war 259
15. Their lives after China 288
16. Sir James Matheson, laird of lewis 308
17. Gentlemanly capitalists? 336
18. Notes 351
19. Bibliography 433
20. Index 445