Author Amanda Hendrix-Komoto discusses her recently released book, “Imperial Zions: Religion, Race, and Family in the American West and the Pacific,” on Wednesday, Feb. 1, in a virtual event hosted by The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens.
She will be in conversation with Andres Resendez, author and professor of history at the University of California at Davis. The event begins at 12 p.m.
In “Imperial Zions,” Hendrix-Komoto tracks the work of missionaries as they moved through different imperial spaces to analyze the experiences of the American Indians and Native Hawaiians who became a part of white Latter-day Saint families.
Hendrix-Komoto is an Assistant Professor of History at Montana State University. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Michigan. The book is published by University of Nebraska Press.
Andres Resendez grew up in Mexico City. His specialties are early European exploration and colonization of the Americas, the U.S.-Mexico border region, and the early history of the Pacific Ocean. His previous book, “The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America,” was a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award and winner of the 2017 Bancroft Prize from Columbia University.
In 2021, Resendez published “Conquering the Pacific,” about the first expedition to go from America to Asia and back, thus transforming the Pacific Ocean into a vital space of contact and exchange.
For more information, visit https://huntington.org/event/imperial-zions-pacific-histories-west or call (626) 405-2100.
