63. Barnett, Homer G. Innovation: The Basis of Cultural Change. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953.

Any innovation involves syncretism, the combination of pre-existing elements, and their meaning must be related to the rest of culture before they can become part of it.

64. ---. Indian Shakers, a Messianic Cult of the Pacific Northwest. Carbondale: Univ. of Southern Illinois Press, 1957.

Notes that movements tend to have two leaders: the "inventor" and the "salesman," like Jesus and St. Paul, or Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.

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