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We love the South! The favorite places, foods, writers, singers, sayings, and most of all, the experiences and emotions that make a Southerner, well, Southern. Southern As It Gets, a charming book of lists that will be the perfect gift for those who grew up in the South, currently live in the South, or wished they lived in the South. Written by New York Times bestselling author H. Jackson Brown, a true Southern gentleman.

Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Notes -- 1. Introduction: The History and Future of Integral Ecologies -- Ecologies -- Integral -- Chapter Summaries -- Notes -- References -- I: Foundational Thought -- 2. For an Emerging Earth Community: Thomas Berry and a Shared Dream -- Our Great Work -- By Means of Story and Dream -- Liberation -- Earth Charter, Earth Jurisprudence -- Religion and Ecology -- The Unfolding Journey -- Notes -- References -- 3. An Overview of Integral Ecology: A Comprehensive Approach to Today's Complex Planetary Issues -- The Four Quadrants -- The Integral Ecology of Toxic Emissions -- Terrain of Behavior -- Terrain of Systems -- Terrain of Culture -- Terrain of Experience -- Animal Perspectives -- 200+ Perspectives -- An Integral Look at the Concept of Biodiversity -- Avoiding Stealth Advocacy -- The Value of Species -- The Role of Extinctions -- The Interiority of Organisms -- Including Multiple Perspectives -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 4. Integral Ecology and Edgar Morin's Paradigm of Complexity -- General Eco-(Bio-Anthropo)-Logy -- Planetary Ecology -- Ecology of the Noosphere -- The Evolution of Consciousness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5. Integral Ecology's Debt to Holmes Rolston III -- Origins and Limitations of Anti-Anthropocentric, Biocentric Egalitarianism -- Key Features of Rolston's Evolutionary Approach to Environmental Ethics -- Human Superiority -- What Integral Ecology May Contribute to Rolston's Thought -- Notes -- References -- II: Worldviews and Perspectives -- 6. Cultivating Wisdom: Toward an Ecology of Transformation -- Worldviews, Cosmologies, And Wisdom -- Integral Ecologies and Wisdom -- Cultivating Wisdom: Toward an Ecology of Transformation -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 7. The Relational Spiral of Integral Ecology

"Contents" -- "About the Authors" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "Chapter 1: General Introduction and An Overview of the Book" -- "An Overview of the Book" -- "Part I: Development and Inclusive Innovation Systems" -- "Chapter 2: An Integrated Conception of Development" -- "A Model for Studying Development Problems: Values, Facts, Trends, and Proposals" -- "A Normative Approach: Sustainable Human Development" -- "Beyond the "Place and Ladder" Paradigm" -- "A Factual Approach: The Structural Change of Our Time" -- "Underdevelopment Today" -- "Elements for a Prospective Approach: Some Main Trends" -- "On Alternative Futures" -- "The Bedrock of the Propositional Approach" -- "References" -- "Chapter 3: Knowledge-Based Inequalities" -- "The Issue of Inequality" -- "The Rise of Inequality" -- "On the Existence of Technological Alternatives" -- "Science, Technology, Social Relations, and Inequalities" -- "On Learning Divides" -- "Exclusion and Knowledge" -- "References" -- "Chapter 4: Social Processes of Learning and Innovation" -- "An Innovation Systems Framework" -- "National Innovation Systems as Seen from the South" -- "Power and Innovation Systems" -- "Underdevelopment and the Problem of Interactions" -- "On the Historical Roots and Present Challenges of Structural Change" -- "References" -- "Chapter 5: Inclusive Innovation Systems and Policies" -- "From Prevailing Policies to Democratic Knowledge Policies" -- "Indigenous Knowledge and Satisfactory Innovation" -- "New Heuristics for Inclusive and Frugal Innovation" -- "Beyond High-Tech Alone" -- "Social Demand of Knowledge" -- "Democratizing Access to Information" -- "Innovation Policies as Social Policies (and the Other Way Round)" -- "Who Are the Stakeholders of Inclusive Innovation Systems?" -- "References

This book is appropriate for students taking an introductory course about economics of semiconductor industry, MBAs, and business professionals interested in applying the fundamentals of a free market economy toward the growth of knowledge-based economy. It is also a useful book for macroeconomic policy makers, who are eagerly looking for a free market approach to revive their stagnating economies as well as to usher the fourth industrial revolution of IoT in their respective economies.

This is the first book on the global auto industry viewed through the lens of technology. We start by tracing how innovation shaped the first century of its history. We then examine the industry's shifting footprint in Europe and North America, and the rise of new producers, particularly China. Succeeding chapters emphasize the role of suppliers in what is now a high-tech industry. We describe new forms of collaboration that challenge traditional supply chain relations, analyzing regulation as a driver of innovation, and the enabling role of the materials science revolution, such as the shift of steel from a commodity to a highly engineered product. We cover innovations in management, from computer-aided engineering, roadmapping, and just-in-time methods to the evolving role of workers and public policy. We finish with an overview of electric vehicles, shared mobility, and autonomous vehicles, concluding that they will not prove disruptive.