Ebook {Epub PDF} Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding

Methland: The Death and Life of a Small American Town is a nonfiction book published in by American journalist Nick Reding. Focusing on the small town of Oelwein, Iowa, Reding traces the beginnings of America’s meth epidemic to its current prevalence in the rural Midwest. Methland is a blend of sociology, economics, memoir, and history that provides a perspective that is ultimately . The bestselling book that launched meth back into the nation's consciousness. Based on Reding's four years of reporting in the agricultural town of Oelwein, Iowa, and tracing the connections to the global forces that set the stage for the meth epidemic, Methland offers a vital perspective on a Extent: Reding, Nick. Methland: the death and life of an American small town/Nick Reding.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. eISBN: 1. Methamphetamine abuse—Iowa—Oelwein. 2. Methamphetamine—Iowa—Oelwein. I. Title. HVI8R43 '9—dc22 First U.S. Edition 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.

Toward the end of Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town Nick Reding concedes that the book might seem less relevant today than even a few years ago. After all, the manufacturing. "Methland tells a story less about crime than about the death of an iconic way of life." —Details "Methland is definitely worthwhile reading. In some circles it should be required reading. This isn't just a small town issue or an Iowa issue. This is an American issue." —Oelwein Daily Register. "Methland" tells at least four important stories simultaneously - 1)How a small Iowa town (Oelwin) went from prosperous to an economic basket-case and back, while becoming first infested with local meth labs and then free of their scourge. 2)How illegals from Mexico are vaporizing well-paying jobs that American natives formerly filled. 3)Why America's "War on Drugs" is a farce. 4)Life, as.

Reding, Nick. Methland: the death and life of an American small town/Nick Reding.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. eISBN: 1. Methamphetamine abuse—Iowa—Oelwein. 2. Methamphetamine—Iowa—Oelwein. I. Title. HVI8R43 '9—dc22 First U.S. Edition 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town is a book by Nick Reding which documents the drug culture of Oelwein, Iowa and how it ties into larger issues of rural flight and small town economic decline placed in the historic context of the drug trade, particularly the manufacture and consumption of methamphetamine. The bestselling book that launched meth back into the nation's consciousness. Based on Reding's four years of reporting in the agricultural town of Oelwein, Iowa, and tracing the connections to the global forces that set the stage for the meth epidemic, Methland offers a vital perspective on a contemporary tragedy. It is a portrait of a community under siege, of the lives that meth has devastated, and of the heroes who continue to fight the war.