Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is an Chilean historian from Chile. In Chile, he's best known for his research on social history and the study of how social movements are interpreted. The most recent examples are the student protests that took place in 2006 and the 2011. Salazar was born into the poorest of families. He attended Universidad de Chile and studied social sciences, philosophy, and the history of Chile. He also worked as an assistant to Mario Gongora and Hector Herrera Cajas the classic historian. Salazar was one of the Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 to 1973. He was tortured by the military in Villa Grimaldi during that year. Then, in 1976, he was freed from a military prison and then exiled in the United Kingdom. He was awarded a scholarship to continue his studies at Hull University. University of Hull. In the same university, he received an PhD degree with a focus on Economic and Social History in 1984. He returned to Chile within the next year. Salazar was relatively unknown until the year 1985, when he achieved his breakthrough. Salazar studied peons, as well laborers and proletarians. 1. Salazar is among the pioneers of the current of historiography referred to as Nueva Historia Social. Salazar regards history as a useful tool for social action. In an interview, Salazar has declared himself to be a "leftist, critique historical socialist" and rejected the label "Marxist"