Gabriel

Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is the Chilean historian. His country is well-known due to his research in sociology as well as his analysis of political movements. He was particularly prominent in the student protests of between 2011-12 and the year the 2006. Salazar was born to the poorest of families. He attended Universidad de Chile and studied sociology, philosophy and history. He also worked as an assistant for Mario Gongora and Hector Herrera Cajas the classical historian. Salazar was a Revolutionary Left Movement member from 1973 to 1973. Two years later, his torture was carried out in Villa Grimaldi by the military. After his release from the prison camp for military and fleeing to England, he retreated. In the United Kingdom, he received the opportunity to receive a scholarship to study further at University of Hull. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Hull within Economic and Social History. The following year it was his return to Chile. Salazar was able to make a breakthrough 1985. His work is largely unnoticed. He was a scholar of peons and the proletariat and laborers. Salazar is the founder of Nueva Historia Social which is an historical movement. Salazar believes that history is an instrument to encourage democratic action. Salazar said that he is liberal and critical historian during an interview. He has resisted the "Marxist designation."