Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is the Chilean historian. He is famous for his research about social history and study of how social movements are interpreted. These include the recent student protests from 2006 and the 2011. Salazar was born into a poor family. He attended Universidad de Chile and studied social sciences, philosophy, and the history of Chile. Also, he worked as an assistant for Mario Gongora and Hector Herrera Cajas the classical historian. [1] Salazar was associated with the Revolutionary Left Movement until 1973. 2. In the year 1973 the group was assaulted in Villa Grimaldi by the military. He was released in the year 1976 from a military prison camp and was sent to exile in Britain. The government granted him a scholarship to continue his studies at the University of Hull. He earned a PhD in Economic and Social History from this university in the year 1984. In the following year, he was back in Chile. Unknown to many, Salazar's breakthrough happened in 1985. Salazar's research subjects included laborers, peons, and children Huachos[A] and women. 1 Salazar is among the founders of the current of historiography referred to by the name of Nueva Historia Social. Salazar views history as a tool to promote democratic action. Salazar claimed that he was a leftist and critical social historian in an interview. He has resisted the "Marxist designation."