Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara, a Chilean historian, was born on 31 January 1936. In Chile, he is most well-known for his work in the field of social history as well as the analysis of movements in society. It is evident in recent student protests in 2006 and 2011. Salazar was born into a lower class family. He studied historical along with sociology and the philosophy department in the prestigious Universidad de Chile, and at times, he worked as an the assistant to the historian Mario Gongora and classical historian Hector Herrera Cajas. Salazar was the Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 until 1973. He was also tortured by the military at Villa Grimaldi that same year. After being released from the military prison camp in England, he fled the country. There he was given a scholarship that allowed him to continue studies at University of Hull. In the same university, he obtained the PhD master's degree in Economic and Social History in 1984. Following that, he went back to Chile. The relatively unknown Salazar's breakthrough occurred in 1985. Salazar's study subjects were peons, labourers and children Huachos, as well as women. Salazar was one of the pioneers of Nueva Historia Social, a history-based movement. Salazar believes that history is an instrument to encourage the social aspect. Salazar has stated that he's uncompromising and left-leaning social historian in an interview. He rejected the "Marxist label."