Foreword by C. Cros.- Foreword by G.A. Slack.- Preface.- 1 The Early Development of Inorganic Clathrates.- 2 Solid State Chemistry of Clathrate Phases: Crystal Structure, Chemical Bonding and Preparation Routes.- 3 Synthetic Approaches to Intermetallic Clathrates.- 4 Semiconductor Clathrates: in situ Studies of Their High Pressure, Variable Temperature and Synthesis Behavior.- 5 Chemistry and Physics of Inversed (Cationic) Clathrates and tin Anionic Clathrates.- 6 Inorganic clathrates for thermoelectric applications.- 7 High Pressure Synthesis of Superconducting Silicon Clathrate and Related Compounds.- 8 Light Element Group 13-14 Clathrate Phases.- 9 Structural and Physical Properties of Rare-Earth Clathrates.- 10 Mechanical Properties of Intermetallic Clathrates.- Index.