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Rare earth frontiers : from terrestrial subsoils to lunar landscapes /

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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. Julie Michelle Klinger draws attention to the fact that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klinger, Julie Michelle, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Rare earth metals > Social aspects.
Rare earth metals > Political aspects.
Rare earth metals > China > Inner Mongolia.
Rare earth metals > Brazil > Amazonas.
Lunar mining.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : welcome to the rare earth frontier
  • What are rare earth elements?
  • Placing China in the world history of discovery, production, and use
  • Welcome to the hometown of rare earths : 1980-2010
  • Rude awakenings
  • From the heartland to the head of the dog
  • Extraglobal extraction.