Robert M. Crunden

Robert Morse Crunden (born December 23, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey – died March 23, 1999) was a professor of American studies and history.

Crunden graduated from Yale University magna cum laude in 1962, and then attended Harvard University where he received his PhD in 1967. While at Yale he was a member of St. Elmo, a secret society. He was a professor at the University of Texas, director of American Studies Department, 1985–1990, and a member of the History Department.

Publications — Books

• A Brief History of American Culture
• A Hero in Spite of Himself: Brand Whitlock in Art, Politics and War
• American Salons: Encounters with European Modernism, 1885-1917
• Body And Soul: The Making Of American Modernism
• From Self to Society, 1919-1941
• Ministers of Reform: The Progressives' Achievement in American Civilization, 1889-1920
• New Perspectives on America and South Asia
• Progressivism
• The Mind & Art of Albert Jay Nock
• The Superfluous Men: Conservative Critics of American Culture, 1900-1945