Its publication was interrupted by the Revolution of 1848, when Louis Blanc became a member of the provisional government. In 1847 he published the two first volumes of his "Histoire de la Revolution Française". It ran through four editions in four years. In 1841 he published his "Histoire de dix ans 1830-1840", an attack upon the monarchy of July. He demanded the equalization of wages, and the merging of personal interests in the common good- "à chacun selon ses besoins, de chacun selon ses facultés," which is often translated as "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." This was to be affected by the establishment of "social workshops," a sort of combined co-operative society and trade-union, where the workmen in each trade were to unite their efforts for their common benefit. He attributes all the evils that afflict society to the pressure of competition, whereby the weaker are driven to the wall. The principles laid down in this famous essay form the key to Louis Blanc's whole political career. In the "Revue du progres", which he founded, he published in 1839 his study on "L'Organisation du travail". Failing to receive aid from Pozzo di Borgo, his mother's uncle, Louis Blanc studied law in Paris, living in poverty, and became a contributor to various journals.
He was born in Madrid, where his father held the post of inspector-general of finance under Joseph Trinite. Louis Jean Joseph Charles Blanc ( Octo– December 6, 1882), was a French politician and historian.
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