Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is an Chilean historian. His fame is in his nation for his research into social history and interpretations of political movements, especially the recent student protests of the year 2006 and 2011-12. Salazar was born into an extremely poor family. He went to Universidad de Chile and studied sociology, philosophy and history. Salazar also served as an assistant for Mario Gongora and Hector Herrera Cajas the great historian. Salazar was an active Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 to 1973. 2] In 1973, he was tortured in Villa Grimaldi by the military. Following his release from the military prison in 1976 he went into exile to The United Kingdom. The government granted him a scholarship to further his education in the University of Hull. He earned the PhD from the department of Economic and Social History from the university in the year 1984. The following year after that, he returned to Chile. The relatively unknown Salazar's breakthrough occurred in the year 1985. Salazar's subject of study included laborers, peons, and children Huachos, as well as women. (1) Salazar is one of the founders of the current of historiography referred to as Nueva Historia Social. Salazar views history as an effective instrument for actions in society. Salazar claimed that he was a leftist and critical social historian during an interview. He rejected the "Marxist term."