Reddit reviews The Experimental Foundations of Particle Physics

Here are some books I would suggest looking at:

Cahn and Goldhaber -- A very low math book that documents the discoveries many of the most important advancements in particle physics of the last fifty or so years.

Halzen and Martin -- One of the best introductions to particle physics out there. It's very readable and timeless. It does have some math though.

I would also suggest looking for information on the following things, but I don't have time to dig up suitable references for you:

The construction of Fermilab basically transformed the area west of Chicago from farmland to a technical corridor. There must be some historical sources on this change.

Partice physicists have produced a huge amount of innovation as a side effect of wanting to do effective research. The most common example is the internet. They also pioneered distributed computing (ie the Grid) which was the predecessor of the "Cloud." For the construction the LHC, junctions that allow current to be continuously passed from regular-conduction to super-conducting circuits were invented. And don't forget that one of the earliest particle accelerators, the cyclotron in Chicago, showed that it was possible to split the atom.