There are a few books on the history of lighting design, but none of them include a discussion of this topic as it relates to the act of design itself as it is understood at the present time.
Most lighting design textbooks deal primarily with technical equipment and technical descriptions of intensity, color, angle, with short shrift given to how these ideas tie together. This book approached these topics in a holistic way and show how they synthesize into a complete idea.
Covers the issue of space in lighting design, a topic not covered by other texts.