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Philip Mason

    Philip Mason sera avant tout rappelé comme un historien, non pas d'une manière académique exhaustive, mais solide, sage et magnifiquement écrit. Son style accessible attirait les personnes ayant de l'expérience de vie, créant un pont entre la recherche spécialisée et le grand public. Au-delà de son écriture, Mason a eu une carrière significative dans le Service Civil Indien et a été un pionnier dans l'étude des relations raciales en tant que directeur fondateur de l'Institute of Race Relations. Ses œuvres, comprenant des romans et des volumes historiques, ont souvent exploré des thèmes tels que l'empire, la foi et la nature humaine, laissant aux lecteurs une profonde réflexion sur les complexités de l'histoire et de la condition humaine.

    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

      • 340pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      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

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture
      3,8(196)Évaluer

      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

      • 240pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      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