http://www.amazon.com/History-Algebraic-Differential-Topology-1900/dp/0817649069/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347474254&sr=8-1&keywords=history+of+algebraic+and+differential+topology

I am currently reading this book, A history of Algebraic and Differential Topology, by Jean Dieudonne, partially in the same spirit of the question. Very good reference, but more importantly throws very good light on the development of the subject, not just in the mind of one mathematician, but across many of them, and across decades.