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Marie, Alexandre Thomas (älĕksäN`drə tômä` märē`), 1795–1870, French minister of public works. He served in the revolutionary provisional government of 1848 and in the executive committee that replaced it (Apr., 1848). Supposedly to fulfill the plan of Louis Blanc Blanc, Louis (lwē bläN), 1811–82, French socialist politician and journalist and historian.
..... Click the link for more information. for social workshops, Marie opened national workshops, but they proved impracticable and costly. It is thought that he deliberately discredited the plan. The abandonment of the program led to the workers' rebellion of the June Days June Days, in French history, name usually given to the insurrection of workers in June, 1848. The working classes had played an important role in the February Revolution of 1848, but their hopes for economic and social reform were disappointed.
..... Click the link for more information. of 1848. After 1848, Marie actively opposed Louis Napoleon (later Napoleon III).