Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is a Chilean historian. The country is famous for the study of sociology as well as his interpretations of movements. He was particularly prominent in the student demonstrations of 2011, 2012 and 2006. Salazar was born into a lower class family. He studied historical as well as sociology and the philosophy department during his time at Universidad de Chile, and for time he was advisor to historical historian Mario Gongora and classical historian Hector Herrera Cajas. Salazar was an active Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 to 1973. The group also brutalized him by the military in Villa Grimaldi that same year. When he was released from the prison camp for military He fled to England. Here he was granted an award of scholarship which allowed him to continue studies at University of Hull. At that school, he was awarded a PhD qualification with a focus on Economic and Social History in 1984. Following that, he was back in Chile. Salazar made a breakthrough in 1985. His work is largely not well-known. Salazar's research subjects included peons, labourers and children Huachos[A] and women. Salazar was one of the first members of Nueva Historia Social, a historiographic movement. Salazar views history as an effective instrument for social action. In an interview, he declared himself a "leftist and critically social historian" and rejected the title "Marxist"