the history of interior design

i learned nothing in my history of interior design course. and i regret that. i think as a designer you have to know the historical influences on your industry. i should know what differentiates louis xiv from louis xiii design. and i don't. i should know what design style was popular in the 1830s. and i don't. i do know some things. over the years things have stuck. but i don't have a broad understanding of the history of design.
i am trying to rectify this by reading all the books i can get my hands on about interior design history. and it has a occurred to me that there is almost no comprehensive book on that topic. which is amazing to me. there are how many schools in the us teaching interior design?!? i assume that many, if not all, of these programs teach some form of interior design history. and there's no appropriate textbook??? you have to be kidding me?!?!
so i think i'm going to start. i have nothing else to do. we'll see how this goes.