Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara was born on the 31st of January, 1936. He was a prominent figure in Chilean historiography. His country is well-known for his studies of sociology and his theories of movement. He played a prominent role in the student demonstrations of between 2011-12 and the year 2006. Salazar was born to a poor family. He was a student at Universidad de Chile and studied sociology, philosophy , and history. He also worked as an assistant to Mario Gongora and Hector Herrera Cajas the great historian. Salazar was a Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 to 1973. The military tortured him in Villa Grimaldi during that year. He was released in the year 1976 from the military prison and was sent to exile in the United Kingdom. He was awarded a scholarship for further studies at University of Hull. In 1984, he was awarded a PhD from the University of Hull in Economic and Social History. Salazar returned to Chile that year. Relatively unknown Salazar's breakthrough came in 1985. He was a scholar of peons and the proletariat and laborers. [1] Salazar is among the founders of the historical current referred to by the name of Nueva Historia Social. Salazar views history as an efficient tool to facilitate social action. Salazar stated that he's a leftist and critical social historian in an interview. He has resisted the "Marxist description."