Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara, a Chilean historian was born 31 January 1936. His country is well-known due to his studies of sociology and his analysis of political movements. He played a prominent role during the protests by students of the years 2011-12 and 2006. Salazar was born into the poorest of families. He pursued studies in sociology, philosophy, and history as a student at Universidad de Chile. He was also assistant to Mario Gongora, a classical historian, as well as Hector Herrera Cajas, a historian. Salazar was a Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 to 1973. The military tortured him in Villa Grimaldi during that year. [2] Having been released from a prison for soldiers in 1976 , he entered exile in the United Kingdom. There he was given one of the scholarships that enabled him to continue studies at University of Hull. The university he attended obtained the PhD degree in Economic and Social History in 1984. In the following year after that, he returned to Chile. The relatively unknown Salazar's breakthrough occurred in 1985. He studied peons in addition to workers and proletarians. 1 Salazar is one of the founders of the historiographic movement known by the name of Nueva Historia Social. Salazar views history as an efficient tool to facilitate the social sphere. Interview: Salazar declared that he is a "leftist social historian, critical" and rejected the term "Marxist".