Rare Earth Frontiers : : From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes / / Julie Michelle Klinger.
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. Julie Michelle Klinger draws attention to the fact that...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (340 p.) :; 4 b&w halftones, 10 maps, 6 charts |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Welcome to the Rare Earth Frontier
- 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": 1980-2010
- 4. Rude Awakenings
- 5. From the Heartland to the Head of the Dog
- 6. Extraglobal Extraction
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Methodologies and Approaches
- Notes
- References
- Index