Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara, a Chilean historian, was born 31 January 1936. In Chile, he is most well-known for his work about social history and interpretation of social movements. This includes recent student protests in 2006 and 2011. Salazar was raised in a low-income family. He was a student of sociology, sociology and history on the Universidad de Chile. He was also a researcher for Mario Gongora, a classical historian, as well as Hector Herrera Cajas, a historian. Salazar was one of the Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 to 1973. The group also brutalized him by the military at Villa Grimaldi that same year. 2] After his release from a prison camp for military in the year 1976, he was sent into exile in The United Kingdom. Here he was granted an award of scholarship which allowed him to pursue his studies at the University of Hull. From that university, he received an PhD master's degree within Economic and Social History in 1984. Salazar returned to Chile that year. Relatively unknown Salazar's breakthrough came in 1985. Salazar's research subjects included labourers, peons and children their huachos[A] along with women. 1 Salazar is among the founders of the historiographic movement known as Nueva Historia Social. Salazar considers history to be an efficient tool to facilitate political action. Interview: Salazar declared that he is an "leftist, critical socio historian" He also rejected the term "Marxist".