Louis Blanc
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Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc was a French socialist politician, journalist and historian. He called for the creation of cooperatives in order to guarantee employment for the urban poor. Although Bl
Blanc in the 1870s
Frontis from Blanc's Organisation du Travail, published in Paris in 1850 by Nouveau Monde
Blanc in his last years
Jacques Charles Dupont de L'Eure
French Revolution of 1848
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The French Revolution of 1848, also known as the February Revolution, was a period of civil unrest in France, in February 1848, that led to the collapse of the July Monarchy and the foundation of the
Louis Blanc
…capitalist enterprises. These cooperatives were to be associations of people who produced together and divided the profit accordingly. Following the Revolution of 1848, Blanc became a member of the provisional government and began advocating for cooperatives which would be initially aided by the government but ultimately…
Detail from Lamartine Rejecting the Red Flag in Front of the City Hall by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux
Portrait of Louis Philippe I by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, 1841 Louis Philippe I, the last King of the French, was overthrown in 1848
Daguerreotype of a French revolutionary (1848) carrying a tricolor flag that reads: République Liberté Egalité Fraternité 22, 23, 24 février ("Republic Liberty Equality Fraternity 22, 23, 24 February")
Soldiers firing at a crowd on the Boulevard des Capucines, 23 February 1848