Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is an Chilean historian. He is known in his country for his study of social history and interpretations of popular movements, including the recent student protests of the year 2006 and 2011-12. Salazar was born into a low-income family. He was a student of philosophy, history and sociology as a student at Universidad de Chile. He was also a researcher for Mario Gongora, a classical historian and Hector Herrera Cajas, a historian. [1] Salazar used to be an active member of the Revolutionary Left Movement until 1973. [2] In that year he was tortured in Villa Grimaldi by the military. Following his release from the prison camp for military and fleeing to England, he retreated. Then he received a grant to continue his studies at the University of Hull. He received an PhD from the department of Economic and Social History from this university in the year 1984. He returned to Chile the following year. Salazar was able to make a breakthrough 1985, which is relatively unknown. His subjects of research have included laborers, peons proletarians, children's females and huachos. Salazar is also the chief founder of Nueva Historia Social which is an ongoing historical trend. Salazar sees history as an instrument for promoting the social aspect. In an interview, he declares himself a "leftist or critically socio-historical historian" and rejected the label "Marxist"