Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara was born on 31 January 1936. He is Chilean history. Chile is known for the study of sociology as well as his analysis of political movements. Particularly, he was prominent in the student protests of the years 2011-12 and the 2006. Salazar was raised by an income-constrained family. He pursued studies in philosophy, history and sociology in the prestigious Universidad de Chile. He was also an assistant for Mario Gongora, a classical historian, as well as Hector Herrera Cajas, a historian. Salazar was an active Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 until 1973. The group also brutalized him by the army in Villa Grimaldi that same year. Following his release from the military prison camp, he fled to England. Then he received a grant for continued studies in University of Hull. In 1984, he received a PhD from the University of Hull within Economic and Social History. The following year it was his return to Chile. Relatively unknown Salazar's breakthrough came in 1985. Salazar's subjects of research included labourers, peons and children Huachos, as well as women. 1 Salazar is among the founders of the current of historiography referred to as Nueva Historia Social. Salazar considers history to be an efficient tool to facilitate actions in society. In an interview, Salazar has declared himself to be a "leftist or critical historical socialist" and rejected the label "Marxist"