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Philip Mason

    Philip Mason will be remembered primarily as a writer of history, not exhaustively academic but sound, worldly-wise, and beautifully written. His accessible style appealed to those with life experience, bridging the gap between specialist research and general readership. Beyond his writing, Mason had a significant career in the Indian Civil Service and pioneered the study of race relations as the founding director of the Institute of Race Relations. His works, encompassing novels and historical volumes, often explored themes of empire, faith, and human nature, leaving readers with a profound reflection on the complexities of history and the human condition.

    The English Gentleman
    The Birth of a Dilemma. The Conquest and Settlement of Rhodesia
    SAS Stored Processes
    A matter of Honour
    The Men who Ruled India
    A Matter of Honour
    • 2020

      SAS Stored Processes

      A Practical Guide to Developing Web Applications

      • 340 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      The book focuses on customizing the SAS Stored Process web application to enhance user tools. It provides guidance on utilizing stored processes, which are SAS programs stored on a server and executed on demand by applications. Readers will learn to effectively implement and manage these processes to improve functionality and user experience.

      SAS Stored Processes
    • 1985

      The Men who Ruled India

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.8(196)Add rating

      A study of the characters and public careers of Englishmen who founded and developed British rule in India from 1600 to 1947

      The Men who Ruled India
    • 1982

      The English Gentleman

      The Rise and Fall of an Ideal

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      The idea of the gentleman is central to the English view of the world. It runs through and illuminates English history at least from the time of Chaucer's parfit gentil knight. For the Victorians, it provided a second religion which underpinned not only daily life, but the whole edifice of empire.

      The English Gentleman