Description
Book SynopsisRare Earth Frontiers is a work of human geography that serves to demystify the powerful elements that make possible the miniaturization of electronics, green energy and medical technologies, and essential telecommunications and defense systems.
Trade ReviewRare Earth Frontiers is a timely text. As Klinger notes, rare earths are neither rare nor technically earths, but they are still widely believed to be both. Although her approach focuses on the human, or cultural, geography of rare earths mining, she does not ignore the geological occurrence of these mineral types, both on Earth and on the moon.... This volume is excellently organized, insightfully written, and extensively sourced.
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Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What Are Rare Earth Elements?
2. Placing China in the World History of Discovery, Production, and Use
3. "Welcome to the Hometown of Rare Earths"
4. Rude Awakenings
5. From the Heartland to the Head of the Dog
6. Extraglobal Extraction
Conclusion
Appendix
Notes
References
