I did a search using Historical Abstracts and just the keyword
'Chiapas' and got 90 items. Here are some of them (I've deliberately
kept the search example general to point out the range of materials
--journal articles, books, dissertations-- indexed by HA):
Subject : chiapas
Document type: Article Date: 1981
Author: Benjamin, Thomas.
Title: HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF THE STATE OF CHIAPAS, MEXICO.
Journal citation: Americas (Acad. of Am. Franciscan Hist.) 1981 37
(4): 517-520.
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Document type: Article Date: 1980
Author: Wasserstrom, Robert.
Title: ETHNIC VIOLENCE AND INDIGENOUS PROTEST: THE
TZELTAL (MAYA) REBELLION OF 1712.
Journal citation: J. of Latin Am. Studies [Great Britain] 1980 12
(1): 1-19.
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Document type: Article Date: 1980
Author: Benjamin, Thomas.
Title: REVOLUCION INTERRUMPIDA: CHIAPAS Y EL INTERINATO
PRESIDENCIAL (1911)
Title translation: [Interrupted revolution: Chiapas and the
presidential interregnum, 1911].
Journal citation: Hist. Mexicana [Mexico] 1980 30(1): 79-98.
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Document type: Collection Date: 1979
Author: Sherman, William L.; Benedict, H. Bradley and
Garc¡a Quintana, Josefina, commentary.
Title: SOME ASPECTS OF FORCED LABOR IN CHIAPAS (SIXTEENTH
CENTURY).
Collection editor: Frost, Elsa Cecilia; Meyer, Michael C.; and
Zoraida V zquez, Josefina, ed.
Collection data: El Trabajo y los Trabajadores en la Historia de
M‚xico (Mexico City: Colegio de M‚xico, 1979):
191-201.
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Document type: Dissertation Date: 1981
Author: Benjamin, Thomas Louis.
Title: "Passages to Leviathan: Chiapas and the Mexican
State, 1891-1947."
Dissertation data: Michigan State U. 1981. 406 pp.
DAI citation: DAI 1982 42(8): 3715-A. 8202399
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Document type: Article Date: 1982
Author: Larson, Brooke and Wasserstrom, Robert.
Title: CONSUMO FORZOSO EN COCHABAMBA Y CHIAPA DURANTE LA
EPOCA COLONIAL
Title translation: [Forced consumption in Cochabamba and Chiapas in
colonial times].
Journal citation: Hist. Mexicana [Mexico] 1982 31(3): 361-408.
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Document type: Article Date: 1980
Author: Luj n Mu¤oz, Jorge.
Title: EL PROCESO FUNDACIONAL EN EL REINO DE GUATEMALA
DURANTE LOS SIGLOS XVII Y XVIII: UNA PRIMERA
APROXIMACION
Title translation: [An approach to the process of foundation of the
kingdom of Guatemala in the 17th and 18th
centuries].
Journal citation: Anales de la Soc. de Geog. e Hist. de Guatemala
[Guatemala] 1980 53: 236-256.
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Document type: Article Date: 1981
Author: Saint-Lu, Andr‚.
Title: SIGNIFICADO HISTORICO DE LA SUBLEVACION DE LOS
INDIOS ZENDALES (CHIAPAS, 1712)
Title translation: [Historical significance of the Tzeltal Indian
insurrection in Chiapas, 1712].
Journal citation: Anales de la Acad. de Geog. e Hist. de Guatemala
[Guatemala] 1981 55: 93-98.
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Document type: Article Date: 1982
Author: Watson, Rodney C.
Title: NUEVAS PERSPECTIVAS PARA LAS INVESTIGACIONES
GEOGRAFICO-HISTORICAS EN CHIAPAS
Title translation: [New perspectives for geographical-historical
studies in Chiapas].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1982 3(3): 232-239.
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Document type: Article Date: 1982
Author: Aubry, Andr‚s.
Title: LOS TZOTZILES ANTE LOS MOVIMIENTOS REVOLUCIONARIOS
EN CHIAPAS (1911-1940): APROXIMACION LINGUISTICA
Title translation: [The Tzotzils and the revolutionary movements in
Chiapas, 1910-40: a linguistic approach].
Journal citation: J. de la Soc. des Am‚ricanistes [France] 1982 68:
99-104.
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Document type: Article Date: 1982
Author: Breton, Alain.
Title: LES TERRES DE GUAQUITEPEC AU XVIIIe SIECLE: UN
DOCUMENT DES ARCHIVES DE GUATEMALA
Title translation: [The Guaquitepec land in the 18th century: a
document from the records office of Guatemala].
Journal citation: Cahiers des Ameriques Latines [France] 1982 (25):
37-52.
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Document type: Article Date: 1983
Author: Poole, Stafford.
Title: LAS CASAS AS ENCOMENDERO: A NOTE.
Journal citation: Plantation Soc. in the Americas 1983 2(1): 81-90.
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Document type: Article Date: 1983
Author: Baumann, Friederike.
Title: TERRATENIENTES, CAMPESINOS Y LA EXPANSION DE LA
AGRICULTURA CAPITALISTA EN CHIAPAS, 1896-1916
Title translation: [Landlords, peasants, and the expansion of
capitalist agriculture in Chiapas, 1896-1916].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1983 4(5): 8-63.
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Document type: Article Date: 1983
Author: DeVos, Jan.
Title: ORIGEN Y SIGNIFICADO DEL NOMBRE DE CHIAPAS
Title translation: [Origin and meaning of the name Chiapas].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1983 4(5): 1-7.
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Document type: Dissertation Date: 1984
Author: Gosner, Kevin Marlin.
Title: "Soldiers of the Virgin: An Ethnohistorical
Analysis of the Tzeltal Revolt of 1712 in Highland
Chiapas."
Dissertation data: U. of Pennsylvania 1984. 272 pp.
DAI citation: DAI 1984 45(5): 1496-A. DA8417302
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Document type: Book Date: 1983
Book author: Wasserstrom, Robert.
Book title: Class and Society in Central Chiapas.
Book data: Berkeley: U. of California Pr., 1983. 357 pp.
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Document type: Article Date: 1984
Author: Amerlinck de Bontempo, Marijose.
Title: LOS MAYAS DE LA AUDIENCIA DE GUATEMALA: UNA
CRITICA DE LIBROS RECIENTES
Title translation: [The Mayas of the Audiencia of Guatemala: a
criticism of recent books].
Journal citation: Inter-American Review of Bibliography 1984 34(2):
289-301.
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Document type: Article Date: 1983
Author: S enz de Santa Mar¡a, Carmelo.
Title: FRAY FRANCISCO XIMNEZ, O.P.
Title translation: [Father Francisco Xim‚nez, O.P.].
Journal citation: Anales de la Academia de Geograf¡a e Historia de
Guatemala [Guatemala] 1983 57: 253-262.
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Document type: Article Date: 1986
Author: Saint-Lu, Andr‚.
Title: EL PODER COLONIAL Y LA IGLESIA FRENTE A LA
SUBLEVACION DE LOS INDIGENAS ZENDALES DE CHIAPAS
EN 1712
Title translation: [Colonial power and the church in the Tzeltal
uprising of Chiapas, 1712].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1986 7(11): 23-33.
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Document type: Article Date: 1987
Author: Zamora, El¡as.
Title: SOBRE LOS LOGROS Y DEFICIENCIAS DE LA ETNOHISTORIA
DE LOS MAYAS DURANTE LA EPOCA COLONIAL
Title translation: [Gains and deficiencies of the ethnohistory of the
Mayas during the colonial era].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1987 8(14): 333-346.
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Document type: Article Date: 1989
Author: Gasco, Janine.
Title: UNA VISION DE CONJUNTO DE LA HISTORIA DEMOGRAFICA
Y ECONOMICA DEL SOCONUSCO COLONIAL
Title translation: [An overview of the demographic and economic
history of colonial Soconusco].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1989 10(18): 371-399.
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Document type: Article Date: 1990
Author: Luj n Mu¤oz, Jorge.
Title: INFORMES DE LAS VISITAS PASTORALES EFECTUADAS POR
FRAY JUAN MANUEL GARCIA DE VARGAS Y RIVERA, 1772 Y
1774
Title translation: [Reports on the pastoral visits made by Bishop
Juan Manuel Garc¡a de Vargas y Rivera, 1772 and
1774].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1990 11(19): 114-168.
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Document type: Article Date: 1988
Author: Padilla, Antonio.
Title: LA REFORMA Y LOS BIENES DE LA IGLESIA EN CHIAPAS:
SU DESAMORTIZACION Y NACIONALIZACION, 1857-1867
Title translation: [The reform and Church property in Chiapas: its
disentailment and nationalization, 1857-67].
Journal citation: Secuencia [Mexico] 1988 (12): 29-38.
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Document type: Article Date: 1988
Author: Vos, Jan de.
Title: CHIAPAS DECIMONONICO: UNA BIBLIOGRAFIA COMENTADA
Title translation: [19th-century Chiapas: an annotated bibliography].
Journal citation: Secuencia [Mexico] 1988 (12): 51-96.
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Document type: Article Date: 1990
Author: Amerlinck de Bontempo, Mari Jos‚.
Title: CONQUISTA ESPIRITUAL Y ECONOMICA: LA FORMACION DE
HACIENDAS DE FRAILES DOMINICOS EN CHIAPAS
Title translation: [Spiritual and economic conquest: the founding of
haciendas by the Dominicans in Chiapas].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1990 11(20): 215-229.
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Document type: Article Date: 1990
Author: MacLeod, Murdo J.
Title: LA ESPADA DE LA IGLESIA: EXCOMUNION Y LA EVOLUCION
DE LA LUCHA POR EL CONTROL POLITICO Y ECONOMICO EN
CHIAPAS COLONIAL, 1545-1700
Title translation: [The Church's sword: excommunication and the
evolution of the struggle for political and
economic power in colonial Chiapas, 1545-1700].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1990 11(20): 199-213.
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Document type: Article Date: 1989
Author: Su¤e Blanco, Beatriz.
Title: LOS FRANCISCANOS EN GUATEMALA EN EL SIGLO XVI
Title translation: [Franciscans in Guatemala in the 16th century].
Journal citation: Archivo Ibero-Americano [Spain] 1989 49(193-194):
153-165.
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Document type: Article Date: 1990
Author: Garc¡a A¤overos, Jes£s Mar¡a.
Title: VISITAS PASTORALES EN LAS DIOCESIS DEL REINO DE
GUATEMALA, 1752-1791
Title translation: [Pastoral visits to the dioceses of Guatemala,
1752-91].
Journal citation: Hispania Sacra [Spain] 1990 42(86): 635-686; 1991
43(87): 227-326.
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Document type: Book Date: 1992
Book author: Gosner, Kevin.
Book title: Soldiers of the Virgin: The Moral Economy of a
Colonial Maya Rebellion.
Book data: Tucson: U. of Arizona Pr., 1992. 227 pp.
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Document type: Article Date: 1991
Author: Ord¢¤ez Jonama, Ramiro.
Title: EL DOCTOR DON MIGUEL DE CILIEZA VELASCO, XXI
OBISPO DE CHIAPAS, Y SU PROPINCUA PARENTELA
Title translation: [Miguel de Cilieza Velasco, 21st bishop of
Chiapas, and his near descendants].
Journal citation: Mesoam‚rica 1991 12(22): 167-209.
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Document type: Article Date: 1982
Author: Aubry, Andr‚s.
Title: LOS TZOTZILES ANTE LOS MOVIMIENTOS REVOLUCIONARIOS
EN CHIAPAS (1911-1940): APROXIMACION LINGUISTICA
Title translation: [The Tzotzils and the revolutionary movements in
Chiapas, 1910-40: A linguistic approach].
Journal citation: J. de la Soc. des Am‚ricanistes [France] 1982 68:
99-104.
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Document type: Article Date: 1983
Author: Benjamin, Thomas.
Title: UNA HISTORIA POCO GLORIOSA: INFORME DE RAFAEL CAL
Y MAYOR AL GENERAL EMILIANO ZAPATA, 1917
Title translation: [A not very glorious history: Rafael Cal y Mayor's
report to General Emiliano Zapata, 1917].
Journal citation: Historia Mexicana [Mexico] 1983 32(4): 597-620.
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Document type: Book Date: 1985
Book author: Garc¡a de Le¢n, Antonio.
Book title: Resistencia y Utop¡a: Memorial de Agravios y
Cr¢nica de Revueltas y Profec¡as Acaecidas en la
Provincia de Chiapas durante los Ultimos
Quinientos A¤os de su Historia
Title translation: [Resistance and utopia: memorial of injustices and
chronicle of revolts and prophecies in the
province of Chiapas in the last 500 years of its
history].
Book data: 2 vol. Mexico City: ERA, 1985. 255, 295 pp.
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