Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara was born on 31 January 1936. He was a prominent figure in Chilean historical research. The historian is well-known in the nation for his research into sociology and its interpretation of political movements, especially the student protests that took place in the year 2006 and 2011-12. Salazar was born into the poorest of families. He pursued studies in the fields of sociology, history, and philosophy 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 belonged to the Revolutionary Left Movement from 1971 until 1973. [2] In that year his torture was carried out in Villa Grimaldi by the military. Then, in 1976, he was freed from a military prison and then exiled in the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, he was granted a scholarship for further studies at University of Hull. He was awarded a PhD from the university with a focus on Economic and Social History. His return to Chile within the next year. Salazar had a breakthrough 1985, which is relatively unknown. His research subjects have included labourers, peons, proletariats, child muachos[A] as well as women. (1) Salazar is among the founders of the current of historiography referred to by the name of Nueva Historia Social. Salazar regards history as an effective tool to guide social action. In interview he has declared himself to be a "leftist and critically socio-historical historian" and rejected the label "Marxist"