Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is an Chilean historian. He is best known for his research about social history and understanding of the social movements. These include the recent student protests in 2006 and 2011. Salazar was born in a class-less family, he studied history along with sociology and philosophy at Universidad de Chile, and during his time, he served as advisor to the historian Mario Gongora and classical historian Hector Herrera Cajas. Salazar was a member of the Revolutionary Left Movement from 1971 to 1973. He was tortured by the military in Villa Grimaldi during that year. Following his release from a prison camp for military in 1976 he went into exile to The United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, he was granted a scholarship to continue his studies at the University of Hull. In 1984, he was awarded the distinction of receiving a PhD from the university in Economic and Social History. In the following year, he returned Chile. Salazar was relatively unknown until the year 1985, when he achieved his first breakthrough. Salazar's study subjects were laborers, peons, and children their huachos[A] along with women. [1] Salazar is one of the pioneers of the historical current referred to by the name of Nueva Historia Social. Salazar considers history to be an instrument to encourage the social aspect. Salazar has stated that he's an ally of the left and a critical social historian in an interview. He has resisted the "Marxist term."