Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is the Chilean historian. His country is well-known for the study of sociology as well as the way he interprets movements. His work was especially prominent during student protests in between 2011-12 and the year in the protests of 2006. Salazar was born into a middle class family. He studied historical, sociology , and philosophy at Universidad de Chile, and during his time, he served as the assistant to his mentors, historian Mario Gongora and classical historian Hector Herrera Cajas. Salazar was an active Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 until 1973. The military tortured him in Villa Grimaldi during that year. 2] After his release from a prison for soldiers in 1976 , he moved into exile to The United Kingdom. Here he was granted one of the scholarships that enabled him to continue studies at University of Hull. He earned the PhD from the department of Economic and Social History from that institution in 1984. The following year after that, he returned to Chile. Salazar was not well-known until 1985 when he made his breakthrough. Salazar's subjects of research included peons, labourers and children huachos[A] as well as women. Salazar was among the founding members of Nueva Historia Social, a theoretical movement. Salazar considers history to be the most effective instrument to guide actions in society. Salazar has stated that he's a leftist and critical social historian in an interview. Salazar resisted the "Marxist designation."