Background
Altman, Ida was born on April 30, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Ralph and Jeanne (Weinberger) Altman.
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The opening of the New World to Spanish settlement had more than the limited impact on individuals and society which scholars have traditionally granted it. Many families and young single people left the neighboring cities of Cáceres and Trujillo in the Extremadura region of southwestern Spain for the Indies. By maintaining ties with home and one another, and sometimes returning, these emigrants developed patterns of involvement that on one level were linked directly to place of origin and on another would come to characterize the emigration movement as a whole. Ida Altman shows that the Indies could and did have a substantial and perceptible effect on local society in Spain, as the New World quickly became an important arena of activity for people seeking new and better opportunities. Her findings suggest interesting conclusions regarding the relationship of sixteenth-century Spanish emigration to the larger movement of people from Europe to the Western Hemisphere in modern times.
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Altman, Ida was born on April 30, 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Ralph and Jeanne (Weinberger) Altman.
Bachelor in Latin American Studies, University of Michigan, 1971; Master of Arts in Latin American Studies, University Texas, 1972; Master of Arts in History, Johns Hopkins University, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in History, Johns Hopkins University, 1982.
Postdoctoral fellow department Latin American studies, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1981-1982;
assistant professor of history Department, University New Orleans, 1982-1988;
associate professor, U. New Orleans, 1988-1993;
professor, U. New Orleans, since 1993. Consultant Xavier de Salas Foundation, Trujillo, Spain, 1983-1985. Member National Endowment for Humanities Preservation Panel, 1990.
Guest curator Library. of Congress Quincentenary Exhibit, 1992-1993. Consultant Library. of Congress Quincentenary Program, 1989-1992.
( The opening of the New World to Spanish settlement had ...)
Member American History Association (premio del rey prize committee since 1994), Association Caribbean Historians, Conference Latin American History (program committee 1994, general committee since 1995, Herbert E. Bolton Memorial prize 1990), Sixteenth Century Studies Association, Society Spanish and Portuguese History Studies.