Preface.- List of Contributors.- About the Editors.- About the Authors.- 1. Introduction: On Exceptionalism: the Nation, a Generation and Higher Education. Portugal 1974-2009; Guy Neave and Alberto Amaral.- Part I. Shaping the Nation.- 2. National Identity and Higher Education: From the Origins till 1974; Jos? Manuel Sobral.- 3. University, Society and Politics; Luis Reis Torgal.- 4. Cultural and Educational Heritage,...