China Bound: John Swire & Sons and Its World, 1816 - 1980

by Robert Bickers

An unrivaled and comprehensive look at the 200-year story of Swire, a highly diversified, global group of companies including Cathay Pacific, with a rich and colorful history.

The Swire Group, started by John Swire in 1816, had its beginnings as a modest Liverpool import-export company, focused mainly on the textile trade. John Swire's sons, John Samuel (1825-1898) and William Hudson (1830-1884), took the firm overseas and it was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472949943
• ISBN13: 9781472949943
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Business
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"