But critics are sniping that building Western-themed towns on Shanghai's outskirts is impractical and insensitive in a country that once served as a stomping ground for foreign imperialists.
These approving contemporary critics were particularly alert to each writer's contribution to the depiction of American social life, especially to regional differences in manners and character types.
Critics of the deindustrialization thesis have argued that new service and high-technology sectors of the United States economy have lately created a substantial number of jobs.