>"Photography: The Whole Story by Juliet Hacking"

This book is based. If you wanna know about all of the major movements in photography then check this shit out. This book along "The Photobook: A History Vol. 1 and 2 by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger" are must reads for any photographer who want to take photography seriously and wants to learn about the history of medium.

But keep in mind that these books are largely West based.