the club scene as we know it(well sort of) took of after a group of english lads went to ibiza for their holiday(88?), and went to ku, took some good pills, got hooked on the balearic vibe, brought it back to london, opened clubnights in london to recreate the vibe from ibiza, acid house took off......and the rest, as they say is history.
but ibiza had been popular with the hedonistic massive and hippies of this world for long, it was just this time the house scene as we know it blew up, thanks to these now well-knowns.
dont know any books on the subject though, but 'last night a dj saved my life' is a good book nonetheless on the developement of the housescene in general.