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Rare 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.



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Rare 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 Contents

List 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

Rare Earth Frontiers

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 15 January 2018
      ISBN-13 9781501714597
      978-1501714597
      ISBN-10 1501714597
      Also in:
      Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment Economic geography Human geography Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Rare 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 Review

      Rare 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.

      * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      List 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

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