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It was not until 1949 that [[living standards]] and peacetime [[employment]] returned to something like it was prior to 1929.  The New Ordeal is evident today throughout American cities where one can see a distinct gap in the building and construction trades that took place in the decades of the 1930's and 40's.  Little was built beyond quonset huts, tin structures with a semi-circular shape and a timber frame underneath.  And what was built was either extremely expensive, or built by the government usually for military purposes.
 
It was not until 1949 that [[living standards]] and peacetime [[employment]] returned to something like it was prior to 1929.  The New Ordeal is evident today throughout American cities where one can see a distinct gap in the building and construction trades that took place in the decades of the 1930's and 40's.  Little was built beyond quonset huts, tin structures with a semi-circular shape and a timber frame underneath.  And what was built was either extremely expensive, or built by the government usually for military purposes.
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==See also==
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==Further reading==
 
==Further reading==
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==References==
 
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