China bound :: John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 /
From its origins in Liverpool in 1816, one unusual British firm has threaded a way through two centuries that have seen tumultuous events and epochal transformations in technologies and societies. John Swire & Sons, a small trading company that began by importing dyes, cotton and apples from the...
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| Zusammenfassung: | From its origins in Liverpool in 1816, one unusual British firm has threaded a way through two centuries that have seen tumultuous events and epochal transformations in technologies and societies. John Swire & Sons, a small trading company that began by importing dyes, cotton and apples from the Americas, now directs a highly diversified group of interests operating across the globe but with a core focus on Asia. From 1866 its fate was intertwined with developments in China, with the story of steam, and later of flight, and with the movements of people and of goods that made the modern world. China Bound charts the story of the firm, its family owners and staff, its operations, its successes and its disasters, as it endured wars, uprisings and revolutions, the rise and fall of empires - China's, Britain's, Japan's - and the twists and turns of the global economy. This is the story of a business that reshaped Hong Kong, developed Cathay Pacific Airways, dominated China's pre-Second World War shipping industry, and helped pioneer containerization. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 534 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 147294996X 9781472949967 9781472949950 1472949951 |
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| contents | Chapter 1: Taikoo -- Chapter 2: Liverpool's World -- Chapter 3: Orientation -- Chapter 4: Strange Revolution -- Chapter 5: Sweet Smell of Hong Kong -- Chapter 6: At Work -- Chapter 7: Shipping People -- Chapter 8: New Eras -- Chapter 9: New China -- Chapter 10: Building Bridges -- Chapter 11: Catastrophe -- Chapter 12: Flight -- Chapter 13: Making Asia -- Chapter 14: Making Hong Kong -- Chapter 15: Here -- Chapter 16: Today -- Acknowledgements -- Archival Sources |
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| spelling | Bickers, Robert A., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr95017709 China bound : John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / Robert Bickers. London : Bloomsbury Business, 2020 ©2020 1 online resource (x, 534 pages, 32 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. From its origins in Liverpool in 1816, one unusual British firm has threaded a way through two centuries that have seen tumultuous events and epochal transformations in technologies and societies. John Swire & Sons, a small trading company that began by importing dyes, cotton and apples from the Americas, now directs a highly diversified group of interests operating across the globe but with a core focus on Asia. From 1866 its fate was intertwined with developments in China, with the story of steam, and later of flight, and with the movements of people and of goods that made the modern world. China Bound charts the story of the firm, its family owners and staff, its operations, its successes and its disasters, as it endured wars, uprisings and revolutions, the rise and fall of empires - China's, Britain's, Japan's - and the twists and turns of the global economy. This is the story of a business that reshaped Hong Kong, developed Cathay Pacific Airways, dominated China's pre-Second World War shipping industry, and helped pioneer containerization. Chapter 1: Taikoo -- Chapter 2: Liverpool's World -- Chapter 3: Orientation -- Chapter 4: Strange Revolution -- Chapter 5: Sweet Smell of Hong Kong -- Chapter 6: At Work -- Chapter 7: Shipping People -- Chapter 8: New Eras -- Chapter 9: New China -- Chapter 10: Building Bridges -- Chapter 11: Catastrophe -- Chapter 12: Flight -- Chapter 13: Making Asia -- Chapter 14: Making Hong Kong -- Chapter 15: Here -- Chapter 16: Today -- Acknowledgements -- Archival Sources Swire Group (Firm) History. Swire Group (Firm) fast Merchants, Foreign Great Britain History 19th century. Merchants, Foreign Great Britain History 20th century. Great Britain Commerce China History 19th century. Great Britain Commerce China History 20th century. China Commerce Great Britain History 19th century. China Commerce Great Britain History 20th century. History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061212 History https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006664 Commerçants étrangers Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle. Commerçants étrangers Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle. Histoire. history (discipline) aat History of specific companies corporate history. bicssc Asian history. bicssc Business & Economics Corporate & Business History. bisacsh History Asia China. bisacsh History fast Commerce fast Merchants, Foreign fast China fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3 Great Britain fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP 1800-1999 fast |
| spellingShingle | Bickers, Robert A. China bound : John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / Chapter 1: Taikoo -- Chapter 2: Liverpool's World -- Chapter 3: Orientation -- Chapter 4: Strange Revolution -- Chapter 5: Sweet Smell of Hong Kong -- Chapter 6: At Work -- Chapter 7: Shipping People -- Chapter 8: New Eras -- Chapter 9: New China -- Chapter 10: Building Bridges -- Chapter 11: Catastrophe -- Chapter 12: Flight -- Chapter 13: Making Asia -- Chapter 14: Making Hong Kong -- Chapter 15: Here -- Chapter 16: Today -- Acknowledgements -- Archival Sources Swire Group (Firm) History. Swire Group (Firm) fast Merchants, Foreign Great Britain History 19th century. Merchants, Foreign Great Britain History 20th century. History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061212 History https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006664 Commerçants étrangers Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle. Commerçants étrangers Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle. Histoire. history (discipline) aat History of specific companies corporate history. bicssc Asian history. bicssc Business & Economics Corporate & Business History. bisacsh History Asia China. bisacsh History fast Commerce fast Merchants, Foreign fast |
| subject_GND | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061212 https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006664 |
| title | China bound : John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / |
| title_auth | China bound : John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / |
| title_exact_search | China bound : John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / |
| title_full | China bound : John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / Robert Bickers. |
| title_fullStr | China bound : John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / Robert Bickers. |
| title_full_unstemmed | China bound : John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / Robert Bickers. |
| title_short | China bound : |
| title_sort | china bound john swire sons and its world 1816 1980 |
| title_sub | John Swire & Sons and its world, 1816-1980 / |
| topic | Swire Group (Firm) History. Swire Group (Firm) fast Merchants, Foreign Great Britain History 19th century. Merchants, Foreign Great Britain History 20th century. History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061212 History https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006664 Commerçants étrangers Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle. Commerçants étrangers Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle. Histoire. history (discipline) aat History of specific companies corporate history. bicssc Asian history. bicssc Business & Economics Corporate & Business History. bisacsh History Asia China. bisacsh History fast Commerce fast Merchants, Foreign fast |
| topic_facet | Swire Group (Firm) History. Swire Group (Firm) Merchants, Foreign Great Britain History 19th century. Merchants, Foreign Great Britain History 20th century. Great Britain Commerce China History 19th century. Great Britain Commerce China History 20th century. China Commerce Great Britain History 19th century. China Commerce Great Britain History 20th century. History. History Commerçants étrangers Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle. Commerçants étrangers Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle. Histoire. history (discipline) History of specific companies corporate history. Asian history. Business & Economics Corporate & Business History. History Asia China. Commerce Merchants, Foreign China Great Britain |
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